Vista cheaper Than Ubuntu ?

I was just at Dell.ca and found that a Inspiration 530 with Vista is cheaper
than one with (Free) Ubuntu.

Dell Inspiration 530 with E2160, 250 GB HD, 2 GB ram 16X DVD, Vista Home
Pre. & 19" Monitor $599.00

Same Insperation 530 with only 1 Gig ram & Ubuntu is $579.00 + $70.00 to
upgrade the ram to 2 Gig's = $649.00

Not much of a deal.

"Jasper" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>I was just at Dell.ca and found that a Inspiration 530 with Vista is
>cheaper than one with (Free) Ubuntu.
>
> Dell Inspiration 530 with E2160, 250 GB HD, 2 GB ram 16X DVD, Vista Home
> Pre. & 19" Monitor $599.00
>
> Same Insperation 530 with only 1 Gig ram & Ubuntu is $579.00 + $70.00 to
> upgrade the ram to 2 Gig's = $649.00
>
> Not much of a deal.
>

Vista will be cheaper than Ubuntu. Let's say you buy the Ubuntu box. After
a week of messing with it and figuring out that it doesn't run any decent
programs, you will have to purchase Vista. Might as well just get Vista to
begin with.

Jasper wrote:

> I was just at Dell.ca and found that a Inspiration 530 with Vista is
> cheaper than one with (Free) Ubuntu.
>
> Dell Inspiration 530 with E2160, 250 GB HD, 2 GB ram 16X DVD, Vista Home
> Pre. & 19" Monitor $599.00
>
> Same Insperation 530 with only 1 Gig ram & Ubuntu is $579.00 + $70.00 to
> upgrade the ram to 2 Gig's = $649.00
>
> Not much of a deal.

Since Frankie Boy bases the "value" of an operating system on its price, I
guess that Dell recognizes that when you purchase a computer with Ubuntu,
you're getting a superior product and hence they charge more.

Cheers.

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Frank, hard at work on his Vista computer all day:
http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/war...tm/compost.htm

Jasper wrote:
> I was just at Dell.ca and found that a Inspiration 530 with Vista is cheaper
> than one with (Free) Ubuntu.
>
> Dell Inspiration 530 with E2160, 250 GB HD, 2 GB ram 16X DVD, Vista Home
> Pre. & 19" Monitor $599.00
>
> Same Insperation 530 with only 1 Gig ram & Ubuntu is $579.00 + $70.00 to
> upgrade the ram to 2 Gig's = $649.00
>
> Not much of a deal.
>
>

So, build your own or don't you know how? If you build your own, you
definitely will save money by using Ubuntu instead of Vista.

Now, the reason that Dell charges more for Ubuntu vs Vista is simple.
With Vista, they get paid to install trial crap programs such as Norton,
McAfee and Roxio. Use your fricking brain instead of your biased
feelings against Ubuntu.

Alias

Bill Yanaire wrote:
> "Jasper" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> I was just at Dell.ca and found that a Inspiration 530 with Vista is
>> cheaper than one with (Free) Ubuntu.
>>
>> Dell Inspiration 530 with E2160, 250 GB HD, 2 GB ram 16X DVD, Vista Home
>> Pre. & 19" Monitor $599.00
>>
>> Same Insperation 530 with only 1 Gig ram & Ubuntu is $579.00 + $70.00 to
>> upgrade the ram to 2 Gig's = $649.00
>>
>> Not much of a deal.
>>
>
> Vista will be cheaper than Ubuntu. Let's say you buy the Ubuntu box. After
> a week of messing with it and figuring out that it doesn't run any decent
> programs, you will have to purchase Vista. Might as well just get Vista to
> begin with.
>
>
>

Now you speak for others? Try sticking to your opinion rather than
trying to come off as some kind of mind reader of everyone else.

Alias

"NoStop" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Jasper wrote:
>
>> I was just at Dell.ca and found that a Inspiration 530 with Vista is
>> cheaper than one with (Free) Ubuntu.
>>
>> Dell Inspiration 530 with E2160, 250 GB HD, 2 GB ram 16X DVD, Vista Home
>> Pre. & 19" Monitor $599.00
>>
>> Same Insperation 530 with only 1 Gig ram & Ubuntu is $579.00 + $70.00 to
>> upgrade the ram to 2 Gig's = $649.00
>>
>> Not much of a deal.
>
> Since Frankie Boy bases the "value" of an operating system on its price, I
> guess that Dell recognizes that when you purchase a computer with Ubuntu,
> you're getting a superior product and hence they charge more.
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> The three Rs of Microsoft support: Retry, Reboot, Reinstall.
>
> Proprietary Software: a 20th Century software business model.
>
> Q: What OS is built for lusers?
> A: Which one requires running lusermgr.msc to create them?
>
> Frank, hard at work on his Vista computer all day:
> http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/war...tm/compost.htm
>

The point is that Dell is charging you for a free product. The computer
should cost less. Also if you want support for Ubuntu they charge you more
yet.

"NoStop" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Jasper wrote:
>
>> I was just at Dell.ca and found that a Inspiration 530 with Vista is
>> cheaper than one with (Free) Ubuntu.
>>
>> Dell Inspiration 530 with E2160, 250 GB HD, 2 GB ram 16X DVD, Vista Home
>> Pre. & 19" Monitor $599.00
>>
>> Same Insperation 530 with only 1 Gig ram & Ubuntu is $579.00 + $70.00 to
>> upgrade the ram to 2 Gig's = $649.00
>>
>> Not much of a deal.
>
> Since Frankie Boy bases the "value" of an operating system on its price, I
> guess that Dell recognizes that when you purchase a computer with Ubuntu,
> you're getting a superior product and hence they charge more.
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> The three Rs of Microsoft support: Retry, Reboot, Reinstall.
>
> Proprietary Software: a 20th Century software business model.
>
> Q: What OS is built for lusers?
> A: Which one requires running lusermgr.msc to create them?
>
> Frank, hard at work on his Vista computer all day:
> http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/war...tm/compost.htm
>


That is the funniest statement yet from a troll..

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NoStop wrote:

> Jasper wrote:
>
>
>>I was just at Dell.ca and found that a Inspiration 530 with Vista is
>>cheaper than one with (Free) Ubuntu.
>>
>>Dell Inspiration 530 with E2160, 250 GB HD, 2 GB ram 16X DVD, Vista Home
>>Pre. & 19" Monitor $599.00
>>
>>Same Insperation 530 with only 1 Gig ram & Ubuntu is $579.00 + $70.00 to
>>upgrade the ram to 2 Gig's = $649.00
>>
>>Not much of a deal.
>
>
> Since Frankie Boy bases the "value" of an operating system on its price, I
> guess that Dell recognizes that when you purchase a computer with Ubuntu,
> you're getting a superior product and hence they charge more.
>
> Cheers.
>
OMG! You're really that stupid?
Hahaha...I guess so!
Moron.
Frank

"Alias" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Bill Yanaire wrote:
>> "Jasper" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> I was just at Dell.ca and found that a Inspiration 530 with Vista is
>>> cheaper than one with (Free) Ubuntu.
>>>
>>> Dell Inspiration 530 with E2160, 250 GB HD, 2 GB ram 16X DVD, Vista Home
>>> Pre. & 19" Monitor $599.00
>>>
>>> Same Insperation 530 with only 1 Gig ram & Ubuntu is $579.00 + $70.00 to
>>> upgrade the ram to 2 Gig's = $649.00
>>>
>>> Not much of a deal.
>>>
>>
>> Vista will be cheaper than Ubuntu. Let's say you buy the Ubuntu box.
>> After a week of messing with it and figuring out that it doesn't run any
>> decent programs, you will have to purchase Vista. Might as well just get
>> Vista to begin with.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Now you speak for others? Try sticking to your opinion rather than trying
> to come off as some kind of mind reader of everyone else.
>
> Alias

Not a mind reader. Just speaking from experience and from talking to
others. Lots of people try Ubuntu and them throw it to the wind after they
realize that its a Piece O Crap.

Remember Ubuntu is FREE and people are just not flocking to it. What does
that tell you?

"Alias" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Jasper wrote:
>> I was just at Dell.ca and found that a Inspiration 530 with Vista is
>> cheaper than one with (Free) Ubuntu.
>>
>> Dell Inspiration 530 with E2160, 250 GB HD, 2 GB ram 16X DVD, Vista Home
>> Pre. & 19" Monitor $599.00
>>
>> Same Insperation 530 with only 1 Gig ram & Ubuntu is $579.00 + $70.00 to
>> upgrade the ram to 2 Gig's = $649.00
>>
>> Not much of a deal.
>
> So, build your own or don't you know how? If you build your own, you
> definitely will save money by using Ubuntu instead of Vista.
>
> Now, the reason that Dell charges more for Ubuntu vs Vista is simple. With
> Vista, they get paid to install trial crap programs such as Norton, McAfee
> and Roxio. Use your fricking brain instead of your biased feelings against
> Ubuntu.
>
> Alias

Seems to me that Dell will have a better PROFIT margin on the Ubuntu PC's
than ones with an MS OS installed.