Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 17:18.
I have bought two Dell laptops with Ubuntu preloaded (15N and mini 9), and I have had good experiences with both. However, to get a good deal, I had to wait until Dell was running a special offer. Every so often, Dell seems to offer their Ubuntu systems in a particularly desirable way. It is a shame that they can't or won't do this all the time. In the past, I was able to buy from Dell when they were offering the kind of deal I wanted. However, this is probably not going to be the case every time, which could send me off to System 76, etc. If Dell really wants to sell Ubuntu systems, they should offer the kind of flexibility and competitive prices in those systems that they do in their Windows systems.
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I have bought two Dell laptops with Ubuntu preloaded (15N and mini 9), and I have had good experiences with both. However, to get a good deal, I had to wait until Dell was running a special offer. Every so often, Dell seems to offer their Ubuntu systems in a particularly desirable way. It is a shame that they can't or won't do this all the time. In the past, I was able to buy from Dell when they were offering the kind of deal I wanted. However, this is probably not going to be the case every time, which could send me off to System 76, etc. If Dell really wants to sell Ubuntu systems, they should offer the kind of flexibility and competitive prices in those systems that they do in their Windows systems.