After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> Dell Linux set to shake up OS market
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> | However, Enderle cautioned that Linux users, by their nature, tend to
> | buy at the lowest price points. "If Dell cannot get them to accept
> | prices that provide acceptable margins, or change their buying habits
> | to make them upsell targets for products like business productivity
> | and security software, the experiment is doomed," he said.
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My work (Linux) laptop was pretty goddam expensive. I would welcome
DELL making it easier to activate all the devices; at least have the
drivers packaged in one place.
Although DELL's packaging of drivers for Windows isn't all that
convenient, either. Finding and downloading 20 EXEs is a bit much.
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Intel: where Quality is job number 0.9998782345!
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