good deal on Linux notebook (today only)

[William Park]

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 06:49:37PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> The Dell Vostro V131 is on sale today at dell for $319.  A coupon can 
> reduce this by 10%
> 
> Part of day 9 of Dell's Business Days of Deals: 
> <http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/days_of_deals>
> 
> Coupon: D1MWRSLGFQ7X0Q
> Note: coupon can only be used for one item per customer.
> 
> Thanks: <http://forums.redflagdeals.com/10-coupon-dell-deals-hot-1130191/>
> 
> One of the few mainstream notebooks that comes with Linux pre-installed 
> (Ubuntu 11.04).
> 
> I am obliged to point out that Lennart thinks Dell computers stink.

Hey, it's after midnight, and the coupon still works.  Vostro class
should be better than Inspiron.

I can't get rating on that cpu, but closest Celeron 847 is pretty bad.
It has VT-x and 64-bit, but I don't think anyone is going to run VM on
it.  I can barely get away with Athlon II X2 3.2GHz.  It's useful only
for X-terminal and "PowerPoint".  My Toshiba Pentium-M 1.73GHz is half
as fast but twice as heavy.  So, it's a wash!
-- 
William
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