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Skriven 2007-05-02 14:55:48 av Robert Comer (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 17655 av Rich Gauszka (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Feisty Fawn only good for venison?
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From: Robert Comer <bobcomer-removeme-@mindspring.com>

It could be anything, but I bet it's real low end stuff.

The Linux zealots would want the big machine though, so they might actually
make more money selling high end than low end.

>If it's Dell's
>liquidation lineup ........

That's how I got my last home PC, it was pretty fast until the desktop
Core2Duo's came out. <g>

--
Bob Comer



On Wed, 2 May 2007 14:42:04 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
<gauszka@dontspamhotmail.com> wrote:

>I agree with the fishing.  It will be interesting to see the 'selected'
>desktop/notebooks that Dell offers later this month .  If it's Dell's
>liquidation lineup ........
>
>
>"Robert Comer" <bobcomer-removeme-@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>news:ehkh33lsd5ubnjifgtput0gonj8f5lcuvl@4ax.com...
>> >Is Dell just trying to generate some
>>>buzz or are they seriously interested in selling a desktop/notebook with
>>>an
>>>OS other than Windows?
>>
>> Just fishing I suspect...
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 2 May 2007 13:18:46 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
>> <gauszka@dontspamhotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Yep - Dell's Linux pre-bundle choice is Ubuntu so we'll be able to see if
>>>there even is a nibble of interest. Is Dell just trying to generate some
>>>buzz or are they seriously interested in selling a desktop/notebook with
>>>an
>>>OS other than Windows?
>>>
>>>
>>>"Robert Comer" <bobcomer-removeme-@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>>>news:75bh331cgau6sruqmqlds88fr6pvbct1a5@4ax.com...
>>>> It's got to get that good before business people take it seriously, so
>>>> the criticism is more than valid.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Bob Comer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 2 May 2007 11:00:31 -0400, "Frank Haber"
>>>> <frhaber@N0SPMrcn.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Doesn't anyone think that review is, well, a little pin-headed?  Shame
>>>>>on
>>>>>Jim
>>>>>Lynch.  Has anyone seen any Linux that would install clean, with the
>>>>>right
>>>>>drivers, on three different commodity-hardware boxen in sequence?
>>>>>That's
>>>>>just
>>>>>not reality yet, except for vanilla ("live") disks and "server"
>>>>>(CLI-only)
>>>>>variants.
>>>>>
>>>>>And he foists off a review based on ONE older machine?  Fegh.
>>>
>

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