From: (Anonymous)	Date: May 3rd, 2008 10:54 am (UTC)		(Link)

So what did you get?

	From: lapartera	Date: May 3rd, 2008 10:57 am (UTC)		(Link)

Sorry, that was me. Didn't realize it had logged me out. Why does it DO that?

	From: trochee	Date: May 3rd, 2008 07:29 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I have a new Dell with lots of memory and CPU. the one with Windows was "discounted" while the ones that ship with Linux aren't. So I bought the same computer for $500 less with Windows, and I'll install Ubuntu the day it arrives. That particular game (paying me to accept a computer with Windows Vista) kinda annoys me.

	From: lapartera	Date: May 4th, 2008 01:10 am (UTC)		(Link)

That is really disgusting. Less with Windows?!

	From: trochee	Date: May 4th, 2008 11:29 pm (UTC)		(Link)

technically, they were different models (the 1420 with windows and the 1420-n with Linux). But they varied by only a few small pieces of hardware (a different WLAN card, I think, was the only difference).

but since they're different models, they were discounting the 1420 but not the 1420 n. I wonder what Dell has to say about this.