RE: Woohooo! Dell + Linux
Celejar wrote on Thursday, March 29, 2007 9:27 AM -0600:
> That's what I never get about this whole business; I want them to do
> linux to *lower* the cost by the cost of the windows license. I
> suppose they're targeting people who want the convenience, not the
> cost saving.
I think that's exactly right.
> I'd actually rather do the install myself, to customize it properly,
> so I suppose what I really want is a no OS box, cheaper by the cost
> of a Windows license from the equivalent Windows one. I believe that
> they offered no OS boxes (with FreeDos, IIRC) at least at one point,
> but I don't think they were cheaper than the Windows ones.
Most people could not complete a Linux install without a phone call to
tech support. I suspect that's one part of the reason there are so
few no-OS boxes. When the install doesn't turn out right, their first
call is to the people who sold them the hardware, even though that's
the least likely place to have a problem. Technically sophisticated
users do not tend to do this, but that's a pretty small market.
--
Seth Goodman
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