Dell says all aboard for Linux PCs

[Philip Walden]

jack wallen wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 12:02 -0500, taharka wrote:
>
>   
>> I'm sure you'll waste some, just as you would if you overlaid Fedora on
>> a box that came with Windows preinstalled. How much, who knows? Maybe
>> wait to see if/when Fedora/Ubuntu climb aboard, then compare prices? The
>> article states, they're the next distributions for consideration.
>>
>>     
> from what i understand, the same machine loaded with linux will cost
> approximately $53.00 USD more than the same machine with Vista. i can't
> quite figure that one out. anyone care to explain?
>   
My guess is that they still have the OEM deal with MS that they pay a 
fee for *every* shipment regardless of what is actually shipped. So your 
bright new shiny Dell Linux box includes the cost of a Windows OS even 
when you don't get one.