[olug] Please Dell, prove me wrong.

[Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T]

On 5/1/07, Don Kauffman <dekauff at cox.net> wrote:
> <tongue in cheek>
> I have a somewhat whimsical response to this whole thing -- If it's
> better then shouldn't it cost more? I mean, isn't that what many US
> citizens believe?
> </tongue in cheek>
> Yes, I hear what you are saying, Rob. It just struck me as kind of funny
> if you look at it this way.
>
> Don
>
> On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 13:44 -0500, Rob Townley wrote:
> > Dell bought AlienWare - consumer machines but on the pricey side.  Even
> > before that, Dell sold some very expensive machines under their consumer
> > banner.
> >
> > i am preparing myself for the worst.  Several months ago, i priced the
> > redhat workstations and found them to be the same price to hundreds of
> > dollars more than a as-close-as-possible workstation running windows xp
> > pro.  Maybe that changed.
> >
> > i hope i am proved wrong.
> >
> > On 5/1/07, Bill Brush <bbrush at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > From my reading it says specifically that it will be on consumer
> > > models (which in Dell-speak means not on the Precision or business
> > > lines.)
> > >
> > > Pricing hasn't been announced, but since Dell competes mainly on price
> > > I would expect it to be around $200 less than a similar model with
> > > Windows (which is what you save by getting RH instead of MS on a
> > > Precision.)
> > >
> > > The IdeaStorm site has some good info.
> > > http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/ideastorm/ideasinaction
> > >
> > > Let's have a little optimism, the fact that they're going to make it
> > > available to consumers pre-installed is pretty big.  Like the ZDnet
> > > article says, "Dell typically doesn't do stuff if they don't think
> > > they're going to get enough volume to justify it"
> > >
> > > I've been waiting for this to break so I can buy a new PC.  I'm glad
> > > it finally did.  I just hope I like the model they offer it on,
> > > otherwise I'll be getting RH on a Precision 390.
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > > On 5/1/07, Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Dell will try again to offer Linux (Ubuntu Feisty Fawn) on the
> > > desktop.  i
> > > > would like to get my hopes up and certainly hope it works out, but i see
> > > > trouble:
> > > >
> > > > -They will only sell Linux machines in the US market
> > > > -They usually seem to add hundreds of dollars to the price of the
> > > machine
> > > > -They may only sell it on very very high end machines, not less
> > > expensive
> > > > consumer class machines.
> > > >
> > > > Hope i am wrong.
> > >

Dell now has a dedicated Linux forum,
http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board?board.id=sw_linux

nice -- hopefully other manf's will follow their lead.

-- 
Jeff Hinrichs
http://www.OmahaPython.org