On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:34:08 GMT, Charlie Wilkes
<charlie_wilkes@users.easynews.com> spake thusly:
>On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:53:39 -0800, Zim Babwe wrote:
>
>> OK so in a typical day when they sell 10,000 PC's with Windows and 24
>> PC's with Linux, will you be able to notice the shift?
>>
>We'll have to see how it works out. Apparently Dell is making this move
>because their cheaper laptops (the best-selling category) don't have
>enough horsepower to haul Vista's fat ass around. Other OEMs must be
>facing a similar situation.
>
>Meanwhile Linux has gotten a lot better since the last time this
>experiment was tried...
Dell has actually been selling a few consumer desktop models with
Linux for quite some time now.
Well actually thy're sold with unformatted Hard Disks and a copy of
FreeDOS in the box. Leaving the user to install their OS of choice.
--
Scott
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