Dell is hiding one of their Ubuntu laptops from us.

[Warpnow]

http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/vostro-v13/pd

The vostro v13, not included on their Ubuntu page, but on their small business page. Was browsing the other day and saw it.

Seems sweet. $399? Seems like a killer deal for a good ubuntu laptop.

[murderslastcrow]

Well, there's my next laptop for sure.

[Legendary_Bibo]

Seems like an old model honestly.

[Khakilang]

Why do they need to hide such a great product I wonder. They do not want Microsoft to find out they are selling competing product? Open source are meant to be open and not hide.

[wilee-nilee]

Looks nice.

[Warpnow]

Pics:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/dell-vostro-v13-hands-on-impressions-yes/

[kamaboko]

Why do they need to hide such a great product I wonder. They do not want Microsoft to find out they are selling competing product? Open source are meant to be open and not hide.

Yep, a conspiracy that leads directly back to Michael Dell.

[ronnielsen1]

Supposedly they're going to expand their ubuntu offerings. Let's hope they advertise better for people that want to program in open source.

I noticed a couple of things about this one. On the overview tab they have


Have Memory to Spare: Run Windows® 7 (http://content.dell.com/us/en/bsd/windows-7-business.aspx) effortlessly while performing everyday tasks even faster with support for up to 4 GB5 (http://www.dell.com/mc.ashx?id=technotes:4gb-or-greater-memory&c=us&l=en&s=bsd&modalwidth=400&modalHeight=150&ovropac=0&modalscroll=yes&modaltarget=div&modaltype=tooltip&position=bottom&title=Important%20Details&flip=false&eventType=rollover) of Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) SDRAM memory6 (http://www.dell.com/mc.ashx?id=technotes:graphics-and-system-memory&c=us&l=en&s=bsd&modalwidth=400&modalHeight=150&ovropac=0&modalscroll=yes&modaltarget=div&modaltype=tooltip&position=bottom&title=Important%20Details&flip=false&eventType=rollover).

and on the Tech Specs tab under Operating System they have




Red Hat® Ubuntu® 9_04




and if you click select it also lists Red Hat Ubuntu 9_04

[Warpnow]

The model has different versions. It can have both Windows or Ubuntu it seems.

[Delvien]

Dell does this little thing where they put the cheapest price on the front but none of the details till you click.

the $399 model comes with a Intel® Celeron® M 743. Which is NOT something you want in a laptop, they are sooooooo slow and outdated (about 5-6 year old technology IIRC)

The one with the decent processor is $599, but it only comes with 2gb or ram..


http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=hp+dm3&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=2598652363888071828&ei=P-CMTKqyM8Pflgel8Llg&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCQQ8wIwAA#

^ is my laptop, and a much better deal. It comes with windows, but of course, you can install <your distro> :).

[cprofitt]

The model is not hidden: http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs Take a look at the bottom left hand part of the screen.

There is also a choice on this one:
http://www.dell.com/us/en/business/notebooks/latitude-13/pd.aspx?refid=latitude-13&s=bsd&cs=04