New Vostro Systems for Emerging Economies: Ubuntu in More Countries

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siva — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:45:14 GMT

yes i hope too

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Kim — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:40:37 GMT

Hopefully these Ubuntu systems will be released in Belgium too.

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Geoff — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:15:36 GMT

Why does Dell Australia keep feathering Microsoft's nest? Obviously Dell thinks Australians are stupid and want to keep paying the MS tax.

I'm a previous Dell customer and I've been waiting on the Mini-9, but no Ubuntu here, so I ordered an EeePC 901 today. I am sick and tired of paying for MS Windows and then simply erasing it when I receive the notebook, why should I prop up their awful OS? Good job Dell, keep driving your business elsewhere.

re: New Vostro Systems for Emerging Economies: Ubuntu in More Countries

Fred — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:27:19 GMT

Pffff, irrelevant.

I'm australian and dell have made it repeatedly clear that they will not release an ubuntu machine here (including the mini - which i really wanted). I'm not buying a dell anymore, no matter how good this keyboard is to type on.

Or I can guarantee that the pricing will be the same or more than vista.

Sick of caring, sick of hoping.

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john — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:52:11 GMT

What, you couldn't mention the new Mini with ubuntu? I am removing this feed from my google home page. Can't even supply the latest news.

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michael — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:24:44 GMT

Germany is waitung for these vostros,too

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Flavio — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:36:50 GMT

Italy is waiting for Ubuntu too.

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Martin-Éric — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:05:59 GMT

I cannot help but curse at Dell's approach of insisting to sell hardware with Windows only in 1st-world countries and to focus its Ubuntu program on 3rd-world countries. This new product range is no exception: all but one single model are targeted exclsively at 3rd-world countries.

Why doesn't Dell make all of its products availabe in all the markets where it has a presence and let the customers decide what OS they want delivered with their computer?

The traditional answer that there isn't enough demand for non-Windows products in 1st-world countries is nonsense; there is. That demand in those countries is systematically being ignored until the public sector wants in is an entirely different issue.

Besides, it becomes a chicken and egg story: you won't get demand for something if you keep on denying the few interested customers on the basis that their country is not included in a particular product's release plan. This was the case with the recent first wave of Dell laptops with Ubuntu pre-installed: only availabe in France and Germany, for the European market?! Why kind of an answer is that?

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aikiwolfie — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:23:46 GMT

It's nice to see Dell expanding it's Ubuntu compatible product line. But this is still frustrateingly slow. There are older systems Dell could be offering Like a basic configuration of the XPS 700 series desktops. Ubuntu just works with these systems.

I used an XPS 700 with the built-in sound for well over a year with no issues. After upgrading the system board to a 720 board via the motherboard upgrade program I still have no issues.

I'm betting in all of there emerging markets there is a need for some seriously high powered desktops. The XPS 700 series could be the foundation for this. They are already Ubuntu Linux compatible.

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Fabian Rodriguez — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:18:32 GMT

Is the video available in any other format than Flash in YouTube ? It used to be they were provided in Ogg Theora too. Thanks for considering this additionally to Flash, as I'd rather not use flash at all.