On Saturday 26 May 2007 11:31, LeeUKHA wrote: > 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 sometimes.... > > Lee > *The headline Ubuntu laptop comes with half the memory and integrated > graphics...
The price is actually less than that for the Vista version - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070525-windows-tax-is-50-according-to-dell-linux-pc-pricing.html Seems several reports of the price being more with Linux were incorrect. Mark - new to list -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
