[SLUG] Dell + Notebook + Linux - Latest

[David Sainty <saint@nospam.ifix.net.au>]

Oh dear.

Another bit of news on my futile quest.....  I rang Dell again today (no
response from my e-mail surprise surprise), and spoke to a "senior" sales
guy at Dell who was in fact quite helpful - Hamid I believe his name was.  
He was stumped a little trying to explain that while the particular model
notebook I wanted _was_ available with Linux pre-loaded in the US, I still
couldn't get it here.

The reasoning was something along the lines of "it hasn't been certified
for this region".  I'm left thinking to myself: "Oh crap! They're gonna
take the Linux notebook into .... the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE!!! Its gonna
blowwwww!!!! <BOOM!!!>" I was even on hold, before he confirmed that while
indeed I could not get a Dell notebook with Linux unless I flew to the US,
I should just get the Windows _98_ verison and install Linux myself.

New definitions
---------------
M$ Tax Minimisation:  "The conscious decision to purchase Windoze 98
instead of Windoze NT or Windoze 2000 because less money exits your
pocket to M$."

M$ Tax CuT:  "The introduction of a new version of Windoze cheaper than
those presently available."


David S..

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