Re: ready to use debian or ubuntu laptop reccomendations?
On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > Dell is not paying $135 for a copy of Windows.
>
> Are you sure? Look how they cut corners on hardware right up through the
> midrange.
dell cuts corners by:
a) making a custom motherboard
b) making a custom power supply
c) making custom cables and pcb to hold things together
d) making custom firmware to assure you're stuck into their modus operandi
e) charging you for 3yr warranty for their proprietory hardware
- do you really want to get a new P3-2Ghz system as a warranty
replacement today for what is the end of your 3yr-1day warranty
expiration period
- 3yr or 5yr warranty of PC parts is a "scam"
yes ... most all oem vendors that sell microsoft installed with
their hardwqre have special licenses that allows them to pay an
order of magnitude less tha "oem retail pricing"
- try to get hold of a microsoft reserller license agreement
that allows computer integrators to sell their hw bundled w/ ms stuff
c ya
alvin
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