LXer: Who Runs Dell

LXer · 05-04-2009, 05:50 AM

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He decided it was time to get a new desktop. Knowing that Dell had Linux options, he navigated to their website and began his shopping. No one relates an experience better than the person experiencing it, so let me present it straight from the source. What follows is a verbatim account of his experience with Dell Sales on the telephone. Things fairly well turned to poop from there.

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Hangdog42 · 05-04-2009, 07:24 AM

Microsoft dictates how netbooks can be configured, why would any other computer be any different?

To be honest, Microsoft is abusing their monopoly far more than they ever had in the past. Choosing your browser for you is small potatoes compared to dictating what hardware you can and cannot buy. Personally, I'm building all my own desktops from here on out just to avoid this kind of crapola. Too bad laptops are so hard to build.

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-04-2009, 08:23 AM

I too will be building my desktops ... in fact I built one just last year. Previously I got them pre-configured because my parents were paying and they didn't trust me.