Dell "Days of Deals" has Ubuntu notebook

[Fabio FZero]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 13:26, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> I'm not recommending, just noting.  Promotion of products shipped with
> Linux is really rare.
>
> <http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/days_of_deals>
>
> They are offerning a Vostro V13 (13.3" display) notebook with Ubuntu 9.04
> for $429, $100 off the "normal" price.
>
> This is a step away from a netbook.  The processor is a Celeron M USV 743,
> not an Atom.  It should be faster but use a bit more power.

I'm prejudiced against Celerons... Renata's EeePC 900 has one and,
besides the slowness, you can fry an egg on its back. I know this is
probably a completely different animal, but for $100-200 more it's
possible to get one with an actual Pentium or even Core 2 Duo (with
some luck) inside.

FZ
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