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smoker
January 11th, 2007, 07:58 PM
seems you can buy a dell with linux in china!

http://www.theregister.com/2007/01/09/dell_linux_china/

:D
~LoKe
January 11th, 2007, 08:02 PM
Pretty sure you can request Linux to be installed on a Dell in Canada & the U.S., too. I think you just have to ask them (you still pay that $50 or whatever in place of Windows).
RussianVodka
January 11th, 2007, 08:04 PM
Pretty sure you can request Linux to be installed on a Dell in Canada & the U.S., too. I think you just have to ask them (you still pay that $50 or whatever in place of Windows).

Or you can buy it with Windows, and get a $80 refund. Or so I've heard.
dca
January 11th, 2007, 08:49 PM
You can get Dell to do just about anything. If you're a corp client, you can probably hand them a drive image and say 'this is what I want on all the PCs you send to us'....
~LoKe
January 11th, 2007, 09:16 PM
Or you can buy it with Windows, and get a $80 refund. Or so I've heard.

The rep I spoke with said they already come pre-installed on the hard drives before they even build it. I doubt this, but that's what he told me. I think you can get it without Windows, but they won't drop the price.
Pobega
January 11th, 2007, 09:22 PM
Wow, this is surprising. I thought Dell was in cahoots with Microsoft for some reason.
Omnios
January 11th, 2007, 09:24 PM
I actually had a mom and pop store offer me a win2k discount because I was planning to install linux on it. Guess legal 2k have some value for the proper victom.

Anyways I am going to look into this in Canada and if I can get a decent refund I might buy one.
smoker
January 11th, 2007, 09:30 PM
these pages offer freedos

dell links at post #4
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=334525
niko7865
January 11th, 2007, 09:32 PM
You copied your links wrong smoker. And if you do order a Dell and it comes with windows, you can give them back your license and get a $60 dollar refund.
smoker
January 11th, 2007, 09:36 PM
yeah, sorry about that, still getting the hang of things!
~LoKe
January 11th, 2007, 09:44 PM
You copied your links wrong smoker. And if you do order a Dell and it comes with windows, you can give them back your license and get a $60 dollar refund.

That's undoubtedly correct.
FuturePilot
January 11th, 2007, 11:38 PM
I heard someone ordered a computer on the phone (can't remember which company) and asked that no OS be installed. That pretty much dumbfounded the sales rep. :p
hkgonra
January 12th, 2007, 12:07 AM
They have been offering Dell's with Redhat for years.
tito2502
January 12th, 2007, 12:18 AM
You cannot request a computer with Linux or no OS from Dell in the US, Canada or Europe.

You can pay for Windows, take photos of you disagreeing with the EULA and have a lengthy phone call with Dell. You will get about $50 back, its more about principle than money.
Sef
January 12th, 2007, 12:21 AM
You can pay for Windows, take photos of you disagreeing with the EULA and have a lengthy phone call with Dell. You will get about $50 back, its more about principle than money.


Here is the article: Dell Windows Refund (http://community.linux.com/community/07/01/03/227237.shtml?tid=12).
~LoKe
January 12th, 2007, 12:30 AM
You cannot request a computer with Linux or no OS from Dell in the US, Canada or Europe..

Not true. You can get a linux distribution (FC, last time I checked) installed. You can also get it without an operating system altogether, but you won't save any money. Best thing to do is return the Windows license.