Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-31 Thread Pete Ryland
On 31/05/07, Eamonn Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/30/07, Pete Ryland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > contains a Hauppauge Nova-T 500 Dual card which is not 100% working in > > Linux yet. > > Interesting point. I was looking carefully at their dual-tuner > offering, since they're selling

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-31 Thread Eamonn Sullivan
On 5/30/07, Pete Ryland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 30/05/07, Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I Stumbled this website last night http://efficientpc.co.uk/ - selling > > Ubuntu pre-installed in the UK. > > I'm sure there's a handful of small companies doing this already, but > nice t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-30 Thread Mark Harrison
Alec Wright wrote: > On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 08:50 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: > >> It may not be about price to YOU. >> >> It certainly is about price for a lot of people. >> >> M. >> > Well, to me, £30 extra or whatever it is is worth it if you're getting > compatible hardware, and not havi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-30 Thread Pete Ryland
On 30/05/07, Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I Stumbled this website last night http://efficientpc.co.uk/ - selling > Ubuntu pre-installed in the UK. I'm sure there's a handful of small companies doing this already, but nice to know there's another! Interestingly, their top offering und

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-30 Thread Alec Wright
On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 08:50 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: > > It may not be about price to YOU. > > It certainly is about price for a lot of people. > > M. Well, to me, £30 extra or whatever it is is worth it if you're getting compatible hardware, and not having to go through the hassle of install

[ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-30 Thread Dianne Reuby
I Stumbled this website last night http://efficientpc.co.uk/ - selling Ubuntu pre-installed in the UK. IMPORTANT NOTE (excuse my shout!) - I don't know anything about this firm, I haven't bought anything from them, I don't know anyone who's bought from them. :) I'm not making a recommendation, j

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-30 Thread Mark Harrison
Alec Wright wrote: > > It's not about the price. It's about not giving money to Microsoft for > something you're not going to use. It's about not having to bother about > installing Ubuntu yourself. It's about being guaranteed Ubuntu > compatible hardware. > It may not be about price to YOU. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-27 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 26/05/07, LeeUKHA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why bother? > > I just compared a Vista vs. Fiesty Inspiron laptop and the answer is > > It's (like for like*) $29 cheaper to buy a Vista laptop and install > Fiesty on it yourself... > > Jeez... only Dell could replace a $40 OS with a free one

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-26 Thread Toby Smithe
On Sat, 2007-05-26 at 15:07 +0100, LeeUKHA wrote: > But it is about the price, Mr. Average isn't going to try this 'new > Ubuntu thing' if it's going to cost him an extra $29 on top of the price > of his new Dell... If it's $50 cheaper, he'll sure as hell think about > it... and the more you ge

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-26 Thread LeeUKHA
>> Why bother? >> >> I just compared a Vista vs. Fiesty Inspiron laptop and the answer is >> >> It's (like for like*) $29 cheaper to buy a Vista laptop and install >> Fiesty on it yourself... >> >> Jeez... only Dell could replace a $40 OS with a free one and make it $69 >> more expensive...

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-26 Thread Alec Wright
On Sat, 2007-05-26 at 11:28 +0100, LeeUKHA wrote: > Why bother? > > I just compared a Vista vs. Fiesty Inspiron laptop and the answer is > > It's (like for like*) $29 cheaper to buy a Vista laptop and install > Fiesty on it yourself... > > Jeez... only Dell could replace a $40 OS with a fre

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-26 Thread LeeUKHA
Why bother? I just compared a Vista vs. Fiesty Inspiron laptop and the answer is It's (like for like*) $29 cheaper to buy a Vista laptop and install Fiesty on it yourself... Jeez... only Dell could replace a $40 OS with a free one and make it $69 more expensive... I really despair sometim

[ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-25 Thread luxxius
Anyone going to USA soon? http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn -- Diana -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/