[mdlug] linux-friendly store in metro area - DELL update

[Michael S. Mikowski]

I will be looking into these guys.

FYI, For first time in 10 years I have been unable to configure a desired Linux 
system with Dell.

Good luck to anyone who tries to get /any/ Dell laptop with Linux.  At this 
point, they only offer crap hardware, hidden deep within the bowels of their 
site.  Go to dell.com and search for Ubuntu.  You'll find the maximum 
resolution on their Studio 15 Ubuntu offering is like 1440x768.  And it gets 
worse from there.

Last year I got an Ubuntu Dell Studio 15 with a 1920x1200 15.3" display, 
battery upgrade (6/8 cell), core2 duo T5750, 2 GB RAM, blue tooth, etc for 
~$685 before shipping. 

I did get someone from Small Business who offered me a Linux laptop with a 
1920x1200 monitor, without Windows 7 or all the marketing-ware crap.  It cost 
$10 /more/ than the MS tax version at  ~$930.

With Windows 7, Dell appears to have retreated from offering anything of value 
for Linux laptops, and has ensured a self-fulfilling prophecy by making Linux 
offerings only on shitty hardware and impossible to find.


On Friday 01 January 2010 07:21:01 pm Robert Citek wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Michael Rudas <audiotech50 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > -- Jeff Hanson wrote:
> >> --Robert Citek wrote:
> >>> I'm looking to purchase a new/refurbished machine for running Linux.
> >>> I recall several months ago someone mentioning a store in the Ann
> >>> Arbor/Detroit metro area that was either exclusively linux or with a
> >>> heavy linux emphasis.  What was the name of that store and where is it
> >>> located?
> >
> > http://www.computerdirectcorp.com
> >
> > Yup.  They even have a rather large "Linux" banner hanging in front of
> > the store, outside.  I've talked to them; they're serious about it.
> 
> Thanks, Jeff and Michael. - Robert
> _______________________________________________
> mdlug mailing list
> mdlug at mdlug.org
> http://mdlug.org/mailman/listinfo/mdlug
>