[Yhslug] Re: [Team] Ubuntu Dell's now on sale

[Thomas Doggette]

Maybe it varies. I know that there are about six different starting
points and default configurations for the E520.

On 5/25/07, Matthew Gallagher <mattva01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm I got a price difference of 74$ (80$ without sell price)
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> On 5/25/07, Thomas Doggette <tdoggette at gmail.com > wrote:
> > I just did a configuration on the Dimension E520 on the Dell website.
> > With exactly the same hardware, the Ubuntu machine is $50 cheaper.
> > With the cheapest MS Office ("Home and Student") it's $200 dollars
> > cheaper. With all the software you will ever need ever again gratis,
> > that number keeps growing.
> >
> > On 5/24/07, Matthew Gallagher < mattva01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Link: http://www.dell.com/open
> > >
> > > It looks like most of computers end up 50-100 $ cheaper with Ubuntu.
> > > However that is not factoring in Office or anything else, so it could be
> a
> > > far better value for an equivalent offering.
> > >
> > >
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