Re: [Hampshire] Novatech laptop deal

Vic wrote:
>> Dell Inspiron 1525 with Ubuntu for £299 inc VAT & delivery.
>> www.*dell*.co.uk/*ubuntu*
>>
>
> Whilst it's very encouraging to see someone like Dell publicly offering
> Ubuntu machines, their price isn't that great - once you've added the
> memory and case options that come with the Windows version, the price is
> about £15 different - and the Windows machine has a Dual Core processor.
>
> Vic.
>
And it will stay that way if sold in small volumes! More suppliers need
to start selling Linux laptops and they will only do that if there is
evidence there is a strong demand, like for the EEE PC. Competition will
bring the price down and if nobody buys the current offering, the most
likely thing is they'll stop selling them. Zonbu have dropped their
laptop in favour of just selling the OS, therefore it must not have sold
well enough.

John.