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Dell's Latest Laptop is $100 Cheaper If You Buy It With Ubuntu

posted by cmn32480 on Saturday January 14 2017, @12:26AM   Printer-friendly
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OMG! Ubuntu! reports

[January 11,] the company announced the immediate availability of the Dell Precision 3520 mobile workstation (that's "professional laptop" to you and [me]).

Better yet, buyers can save over $100 by choosing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS pre-loaded instead of Windows 10--now that's what you call a deal!

[...] Dell's Barton George says more Ubuntu-powered Precision workstations will go on sale in the coming months, worldwide, including an Ubuntu version of the company's stylish new Precision 5720 All-in-One desktop PC.

Unlike other vendors, Dell [doesn't] ship their Linux option on no-frills reduced-power hardware. All models in the Dell Precision lineup pack powerful 7th generation Intel Core and Intel Xeon processors, support Thunderbolt 3 (ahem, USB-C), and can be kitted out with up to 32GB RAM!

The Dell Precision 3520 is available to buy & configure right now priced from $899 (base specs, with Ubuntu 1604 LTS). It ships worldwide.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by romlok on Saturday January 14 2017, @01:08PM

    by romlok (1241) on Saturday January 14 2017, @01:08PM (#453776)

    I'd rather get a machine with freedos installed, or bare naked drives.

    The advantage of getting one with Ubuntu pre-installed is that Dell have a legal obligation that the machines they sell are "fit for purpose". That means that the supplied hardware needs to be tested to work with Linux.
    If it's shipped bare, then they could legitimately make the argument that it was expected that you were going to be installing Windows (being the monopoly OS), so the hardware only need be supported under that OS.

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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday January 18 2017, @05:38PM

    by frojack (1554) on Wednesday January 18 2017, @05:38PM (#455544) Journal

    Go look at the first link.

    It links to dell's /us/business/ site. Not the UK site.
    Fit for purpose is an extremely difficult thing to prove in the UK, and not even a concept in the US.

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