<div dir="ltr">Tony - That is incorrect. It is truly a apples-to-apples comparison. <br><br>the mini 9 with XP, 512MB & 8gb ssd costs $399<br>The mini 9 with Ubuntu, 512MB & 8gb ssd costs $359 ($40 less)<br><br>xp+1GB+16GB ssd = $449<br>
Ubuntu+ 1gb+16GB ssd= $409 ($40 less)<br><br>Additionally, there is a cheaper Ubuntu option at $349 that has 512MB of RAM & 4GB SSD. There is no XP option with the 4gb ssd.<br><br clear="all">Tim Champion<br><a href="mailto:timchampion@gmail.com">timchampion@gmail.com</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Tony Bibbs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tony@tonybibbs.com">tony@tonybibbs.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>To be fair, some of that $40 price difference can be attributed to having half the disk space as the XP equivalent. (4GB Ubuntu compared to 8GB XP)<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>--Tony<br></font></div><div class="Ih2E3d"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">
----- Original Message ----<br>From: Tim Champion <<a href="mailto:timchampion@gmail.com" target="_blank">timchampion@gmail.com</a>><br>To: cialug <<a href="mailto:cialug@cialug.org" target="_blank">cialug@cialug.org</a>><br>
Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 9:49:57 AM<br>Subject: [Cialug] Dell's Ubuntu Netbook<br><br>
<div dir="ltr">Ok, I've been active in Dell's Ideastorm community, which is dominated by Linux evangelists.<br><br>Also, if you are a netbook fan, Dell has an Inspiron Mini 9 that looks a lot like the other netbooks out there from MSI, Acer, Asus. The big news is that they now offer Ubuntu on it as a "primary" option, and not hidden off in a deep, dark corner in the bowels of <a href="http://Dell.com" target="_blank">Dell.com</a>, where the rest of Dell's Ubuntu offereings are hiding. <br>
<br>They went further, and made the Ubuntu version $40 cheaper than the XP version across the board. This is a huge step forward. Previously, OEMs have been able to "give away" Windows because of all the kickbacks they get from the crapware vendors. A windows licence might cost dell $20, but then they get $25 from the crapware vendors to load up your shiney new PC with a bunch of garbage you don't want or need. <br>
<br>I'm very happy seeing the Ubuntu Mini 9's $40 less than equivilant XP models. If you are looking for a netbook with Linux, and want to reward a company for doing the right thing in supporting Linux as a primary option on main-stream computers, please check out Dell's Mini 9<br>
<br><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-9?cs=19&s=dhs&ref=homepg" target="_blank">http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-9?cs=19&s=dhs&ref=homepg</a><br>
<br>Wow, an Ubuntu computer FEATURED on the hope page of Dell.com. What's the world coming to? *looks out the window for flying pigs*<br><br clear="all">Tim Champion<br><a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:timchampion@gmail.com" target="_blank">timchampion@gmail.com</a><br>
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