Ideas are welcomed

You build your own garbage?

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=2775502#post2775502

The MS boxes come with windows, works 8.0, IE6, and little else. Ubuntu comes with… well, we know, don’t we.

(Note… budget MS box is about $300 … can we have a budget linux version or is linux only for rich people?)

In fact, if you were to scout the web for bargains and build your own box, the dell offering is not a lot cheaper (I would have expected better from such a large supplier). The value added is that they do the donkeywork for you (like dinner at a restaurant - more expensive but no cooking, dishes, blah.)

The saving was always going to be software.

Further… DELL are not and never intended to *market* linux to the masses. They intend only to sell linux to people who already knew they wanted linux.

If you don’t like ubuntu, but want dell (but why?) then from the liux page yau can follow the link to Open Source laptops. This gets you a blank HDD and a copy of freedos. (I think their MS contract forbids them from selling computers without as OS but fails to specify…)

Unfortunately, if you want linux for your business… the “business” link takes you to MS again!

Until recently, the extended warrenty was missing on the linux builds… as if linux damages hardware.

There are fewer options for linux customization.

Would be nice to see “customize with linux as an option alongside “customize with Vista” and “customize with XP”.

The computer is now working just fine. For myself there appear to be no issues getting in the way of what I need to do with this notebook. It’s found all my peripherals, connects well with wireless, etc. I’ve since downloaded all the additional software I need to get my work done. Updates and upgrades via the package manager have been installed without unresolved issues.

What’s not to like?

Now, Asus is trying to get into the game! Perhaps because their server, running M$, was pwned for a week?

Although M$ dominates the US market, GNU/Linux is affordable, and on the leading edge, in other places, such as China, India, Asia, Africa, the middle East, developing nations, the Rest of the World!

It is hard to shove the M$ FUD in the face of the reality of bad M$ experiences, and current government support of Open Source.

Yes, I have seen a lot of reports of bribery of officials, by M$, in the US, and in the world, as reported in the local press of those nations, that I find online!

I don’t think M$ has enough money to bribe 1 billion Chinese, 1.25 billion on the Indian sub-continent, and the billion other Asians and Africans…

My next laptop will be a Linux running Dell, unless Asus can get here quicker, cheaper, with their $189.00 Linux laptop!

For many, Asus’ new $189 Linux MID laptop would be more than enough. Times are changing, and I don’t see Dell changing with them. They are reactionary, not proactive. This puts them well behind the technology curve. Maybe their slogan should be “We’re Dell, get off our lawn!”.