[LINK] Dell Netbooks cheaper with Linux

[Tom Worthington]

At 03:55 PM 13/09/2008, David Boxall wrote (was: "Lenovo dumps Linux"):
>... 
><http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/12/lenovo-dumps-linux>
>... ordinary folk will get Windows or lump it. ...

Dell are offering their Inspiron Mini 9 "Netbook" low cost 
sub-notebook computer with Ubuntu Linux installed on the cheapest 
model. When its memory is increased to match the cheapest Windows XP 
model, the Linux option is still about $15 cheaper than Windows: 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netbook>.

The Mini 9 is Dell's answer to the ASUS Eee PC. Hopefully they will 
bring out a desktop version like the ASUS E-box, with a Linux option 
<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2008/08/desktop-eee-pc-in-australia.html>. 
Unfortunately ASUS are not offering a disk-less version at present, 
but presumably if you ordered thousands of them for your schools or 
offices, they would make one. These should be useful as low power 
workstations for less demanding applications.



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