Anyone tried Dell Mini

[Jonathan Jesse]

I think $504 USD if I recall w/ shipping etc.  Same laptop specs w/ shipping
and tax is 495.  Don't know what the difference is though.

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Jonathan Jesse wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
>  > <mailto:mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     Paul Rumelhart wrote:
> >     > David Fletcher wrote:
> >     >
> >     >> PS Why do all of these machines run Ubuntu rather than Kubuntu?
> >     Is it the LTS
> >     >> issue?
> >     >>
> >     >> Dave
> >     >>
> >     >>
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > I think it's the ubiquitous notion that seems to be common out
> there
> >     > that gnome is easier for Windows users to adapt to than KDE.  It
> has
> >     > less items in it's menus to confuse your average user with, and
> >     it tends
> >     > to coddle them more.  I don't like it personally, but at least
> >     you can
> >     > install a few packages and be running Kubuntu with a little
> >     effort.  I
> >     > live for all the applets I use in panels, though I'm sure if I
> stuck
> >     > with gnome long enough I'd get it setup the way I like it.
> >     >
> >     > It might be the LTS/KDE4 thing, but it's not like Kubuntu was a
> >     common
> >     > choice before that started.  Perhaps they don't want to have to
> >     explain
> >     > the name "Kubuntu".  Explaining "Ubuntu" is hard enough already.
> >     >
> >     > Paul
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     The thing that gets under my skin about the Dell Inspiron 9 , from
> >     what
> >     I can see on there website, is that the Ubuntu Laptop only offers
> >     you a
> >     4gb SSD , whereas $Windows is getting a 8 or 16gb SSD for $50.00
> >     more.(Which is the cost of $Windows)
> >     Sure you can get the larger drive for Linux for a lot more $$ .
> >     That sure stops me from buying a Dell.
> >     Dell has got this plan setup that your going to pay extra for the
> >     goodies and still end up paying the same or more, than if you bought
> a
> >     EEEpc.
> >     At least least my EEEpc 702 has  a  8gb SSD.
> >     Dell is not really doing you any favors here.
> >
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> > The Dell Mini that I have purchased comes with Ubuntu 8.04 and a 16
> > Gig SSD
> >
> > Jonathan
> How much did you pay for it ?
>
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