On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I <eoconno...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > On 07/08/2012 12:42 PM, Steven Stern wrote: > >> My 7 year old Dell Dimension 8400 is on its last legs, so I thought it >> time to find something new: >> >> 07/07/2012 11:57:40AM Agent (Sagar A): "Hi Steve" >> 07/07/2012 11:57:42AM Agent (Sagar A): "Welcome to Dell US Chat! My name >> is Sagar Andreas and I will be your Dell.com Sales Chat Expert.I can be >> reached at sagar_andr...@dell.com or via phone at >> *******-*******-*******-********* ext. ******* . How may I help you >> today?" >> 07/07/2012 11:58:25AM steve: "I'm pricing out desktop computers. I plan >> to install Linux. I don't see an option to select "no operating system". >> Is there a way NOT to pay for Windows?" >> 07/07/2012 11:58:48AM Agent (Sagar A): "Its my pleasure to have you on >> my chat line today. I'd be more than happy to assist you." >> 07/07/2012 11:59:38AM Agent (Sagar A): "Steve i am so sorry we dont have >> any systems which comes with Linux as call comes with windows OS" >> 07/07/2012 12:00:01PM steve: "That's a shame. I guess I'm done buying >> Dells." >> 07/07/2012 12:01:01PM steve: "bye" >> 07/07/2012 12:01:44PM Agent (Sagar A): "i am so sorry ..." >> 07/07/2012 12:01:48PM Agent (Sagar A): "Is there anything else that I >> can help you with?" >> >> Now that I'm done with Dell, I've priced out systems on Ohava, zareason, >> and System76. The quotes come out with insignificant dollar differences. >> Do you have any experience with these vendors? >> >> A few comments; >> >> 1) No, I don't want to assemble my own machine from parts. >> 2) I plan to install Fedora 17 >> 3) Looking at a quad core i5-3550, 8GB memory, standard "intel advanced >> graphics" rather than a more expensive Radeon card. >> 4) 500GB SATA disk >> 5) mini- or mid-tower case >> >> >> >> > My sister purchased a laptop from System76, this was about 2 years ago, > and it's still alive & kicking with Ubuntu on it. Even though it's not a > desktop, she DID have to call Customer Service in order to find out what > happened to the case that she ordered with it, and they were very polite, > professional, and QUICK! As for the laptop of itself, it's still just as > fast and efficient as when she got it!....hope this helps!... > > > EGO II > > The only way to get a Dell with Ubuntu installed is/was to call them up from inside the US. I got mine in this manner; mind you, this was 5-6 years ago.
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