Users who buy their netbook with Linux don’t have to pay the Windows Licensing fee. That should bring the base price down, right? Unfortunately it doesn’t seem so. The base price for the Inspiron Mini 10v is $299 whether you configure it with Windows or Linux.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
DELL TO OFFER WINDOWS AND LINUX ON ITS NETBOOKS SIMULTANEOUSLY
Dell has always allowed buyers to customize their netbooks with Linux. But the company never really bothered to launch the netbooks with Linux. With its last few product launches Dell offered Windows XP/Vista at the time of launch. The Linux option was offered only later. But now it looks the situation is changing. The just-launched Inspiron Mini 10v is available with both Windows and Ubuntu Linux. Sources reveal that Dell intends to do this with all future netbook launches.
Users who buy their netbook with Linux don’t have to pay the Windows Licensing fee. That should bring the base price down, right? Unfortunately it doesn’t seem so. The base price for the Inspiron Mini 10v is $299 whether you configure it with Windows or Linux.
Users who buy their netbook with Linux don’t have to pay the Windows Licensing fee. That should bring the base price down, right? Unfortunately it doesn’t seem so. The base price for the Inspiron Mini 10v is $299 whether you configure it with Windows or Linux.
