[ubuntu-in] Dell and ubuntu!

[Biswajit Dutta Baruah]

Friends,

Hope this is not too late to chip in.

I have an Inspiron 1420 that i bought in Dec 2007. Have been running
ubuntu on the same. Had a few issues with sound and video in gutsy but
hardy is fine ...no issues at all. Not crashed even once and am using it
full time. Have vista on a partition but haven't been there for a long
time now. 

I've installed ubuntu on XPS as well for a few friends and it has worked
well.

Dell India is not selling any laptops with ubuntu pre loaded. Don't even
ask the guys, they don't have any clue about what ubuntu is. I tried
hard for them to sell me one without vista so that I don't have to pay
for the vista. But they refused, however i got a 5000 discount after
some hard bargaining.

At that time Dell was selling laptops online only but now they are in
the shops. And introductory offers are usually with a discount, so go
for it. If you buy online, they will come from Sriperumbudur(near
chennai) and not Malaysia, like mine did. 

If you are getting one from the US be sure to buy a global warranty  so
that in case of needing service you can have it done locally and not
send it back to the US. I can have mine serviced in the Asia_pacific
region and not elsewhere, but that suit me well and I'm happy.

orthodoc.