Sad news

[ukripper]

Sad! We need something like System76 in UK - http://system76.com/index.php?cPath=27

[pwnst*r]

Best Buy doesn't carry linux machines, neither do office max, circuit city, office depot, etc.

Dell is a manufacturer, not a retailer.

they sell direct from their website via storefront. that's not a retailer?

[coldReactive]

they sell direct from their website via storefront. that's not a retailer?

A manufacturer sells their product to retailers so that the retailers can sell their product.

A manufacturer that sells their product through their own direct means us buying direct from the manufacturer.

[gn2]

Best Buy doesn't carry linux machines, neither do office max, circuit city, office depot, etc.

Dell is a manufacturer, not a retailer.

Manufacturer is one thing Dell definitely isn't.
Dell hardware is manufactured by ODMs like Clevo, Quanta, Compal etc.

[macogw]

Manufacturer is one thing Dell definitely isn't.
Dell hardware is manufactured by ODMs like Clevo, Quanta, Compal etc.

They're a system-builder. So are System76 and ZaReason. It's just that Dell is mainstream...

[patrick field]

I'm pleased to report that following my posting here around 10:30 on Friday (23/10/09) I received confirmation of the refund mentioned at 11:23, very efficient.



'Mainstream' suppliers don't appear to provide a widespread or continuous supply of hardware with Ubuntu pre-loaded
.

One truth behind the claimed crash in demand for Efficientpc's products may be that downloading and installing the distribution is so straightforward that anyone, with the confidence to experiment with it, can do it for themselves?


Which is good news.