Dude, get a dell!

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/e510_nseries?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

So dell is now selling "OS-less" computers, which they explicitly state are for installation of Linux or other Open-Source OS. peeped the story on /. ( http://slashdot.org) and it's pretty cool. No lappies yet, and I still don't think I could bring myself to actually purchase a Dell (no offense to owners,) but its a cool move on their part.

 

But - are the cheaper than their equivalent machines that ship with Windows? I know Dell have sold their latitude line without Windows for a long time, and came out about $100 cheaper. I'm looking for a 12" next, so maybe a D420 will be for me.

 

I don't see this becoming really popular with consumers but schools might really be interested in something like this. After all teachers hate it when students play games on the school comps so... I mean what more could they ask for than Linux Ouch that hurt.

Anyway glad to see a major comp seller recognizing Linux as a viable OS... this is the beginning

 

Actually, it's a good option since a lot of universities allow students to purchase big software for cheap. I paid $13 for a retail disc of XP Pro, $12 for Office Professional, $0 for OneNote, and (I think) $18 for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.

At least there is a choice now.

 

Yeah, students at UOW get all MSDN stuff free of charge, though we have to ask for a physical disk. But, hopefully by the time I get my next notebook, I can have the option of it coming bare, no matter what manufacturer.

 

Are there any notebook offerings like that? I only saw desktops.

 

They offer the Latitude line like that.