[mdlug] Dell's blog video about new consumer Linux systems

[Morris, Tim]

> Not according to this: 

My statement was based on what I could actually configure on Dell's
website for an Inspiron 1505 (as will most people). The price comes out
exactly the same. Reading the info about the e1505, I notice there are a
few incorrect statements (as of now, anyway)... The IMA950 is not the
only card available (the GFG7300 is also available). You can configure
the systems exactly the same with the exception of the video card.

Your second link shows that the nVidia card, while it is still a low-end
graphics card, is slightly better than an X1300. That may make up the
price difference.

One more thing to note: 2GB RAM for the Vista version was an addition
$150, while it was an additional $200 for the Linux version. Sounds like
a conspiracy to me ;)

--  Tim Morris - UGS PLM Software

-----Original Message-----
From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf
Of Jeff Hanson
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 12:37 PM
To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
Subject: Re: [mdlug] Dell's blog video about new consumer Linux systems

On 5/29/07, Morris, Tim <tmorris at ugs.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately, it appears you're still paying for the Vista license. I

> did 2 (almost) completely identical configurations (1.73GHz, 2GB RAM, 
> 120GB HDD, 8x DVD-Burner, 2 year support) and the final price is 
> exactly the same.

Not according to this:
arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070525-windows-tax-is-50-according-to-de
ll-linux-pc-pricing.html
www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5465909777.html

> I love that they are starting to offer Linux, but I would have thought

> the price would be a little lower than the Vista counterpart.
> There is one difference between the laptops that may account for it:
> The Linux system has a GFGo 7300 graphics card, while the Vista system

> has an ATI X1300. The ATI card is the only option for the Vista 
> system, so a proper comparison is not possible. I'm a little rusty 
> when it comes to mobile video cards, but I seem to remember the 
> benchmarks of the cards being pretty close. Am I wrong?

Some benchmarks:
www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-Go-7300.2145.0.html

> Whatever happened to that drive to unify notebooks (just like 
> desktops) so you could buy a mobile component from the store and pop 
> it into any laptop?  Ahhh... Wouldn't that be nice!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MXM
www.mxm-upgrade.com
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