Ubuntu 7.10 on Dell

[Denver Gingerich]

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 7:11 AM, Andy Leeman <andy at leeman.ca> wrote:
> Well, so far Ubuntu on Dell is a bust in Canada. I went to the Dell
>  website and built two systems, keeping all specs the same, if
>  possible. Look at the comparable specs for the laptops below. The
>  Ubuntu one is still 130.00 more!!! And there is no modem, probably
>  because the modem driver causes problems with the sound. When Dell
>  introduced Ubuntu in the US, they quickly dropped the price to a
>  little below the Vista machine. Looks like that might not be going to
>  happen here.

Try again on Saturday :).  Seriously, though, the reason the Windows
one is less expensive is that there is a $180 discount on the
Windows-based laptops, which expires at the end of Friday.  For
details, see:

http://configure.dell.com/dellstore/DiscountDetails.aspx?~lt=print&c=ca&CS=cadhs1&fb=1&l=en&OC=N1525PDV_F_1E

At their regular prices, the Ubuntu laptop is $50 cheaper than an
identically-configured Windows laptop.  And the Windows laptop only
comes with Vista Home Basic.

It is unfortunate that Dell doesn't discount both Ubuntu and Windows
computers at the same time, but that's how they do it.  When and why
Dell discounts certain machines is a mystery to most people.

There is more discussion about these pricing issues at:

http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/73961/Make_Ubuntu_laptops_cheaper_than_Windows_laptops_in_all_countries

>From the discussion, it looks like you might be able to call Dell and
get them to apply the discount to the Ubuntu machine as they may have
meant to apply the discount to both OSes, but missed Ubuntu for some
reason.

Denver