[nflug] Dell Ubuntu order

[Franklin Kumro Jr]

I'm going to boot it up just to see whats on it, post on here about it
and then trash the whole hd.

On 6/5/07, Stephen Burke <qfwfq at adelphia.net> wrote:
> Dude, you bought a DELL?
>
> Ouch! Good luck with THAT one.
>
> Wiping out preinstalled M$ crap is always a joy. Wiping out dell
> strangeness doubly so. I can't even begin to speculate on what kind of
> fascist strangeness dell is going to try to hide on it's ubuntu boxes. I
> have little doubt that they went to great lengths to chew up 3 of your 4
> primary partitions before it gets to you, as they do with their M$ crap.
>
> Your safest bet, imho, would be to trash all dell's dirty tricks and
> install BLAG on it as soon as it gets there.
>
> Not that it isn't an interesting experiment for postings here...
>
> ;-),
> S.
>
> p.s. One of my brothers is a lawyer for dell and is continually trying
> to convince me that they are the "most standards compliant" company in
> the biz. hehe.
>
> Franklin Kumro Jr wrote:
> > I'm going to share my experience with ordering a dell Ubuntu machine,
> > if you could care less then don't continue :-P
> >
> > The process started when I customized the E520N and added it to my
> > shopping cart, next step was to call to receive my 10% off discount.
> > This is where the fun begins, Benjamin was on the other line to assist
> > me. After explaining the discount situation Benjamin needed to know
> > what computer I was going to get. I explained the E520N (N is the
> > Ubuntu line), however he had no idea what that machine was. He then
> > asked what OS I wanted and I said Ubuntu. This must have blew a fuse
> > because he became silent and put me on hold. About 4 minutes later
> > Benjamin came back on the phone and asked me 6 more times what OS I
> > wanted. I spelled it out for him and then ended up telling him to go
> > to dell.com/linux and check it out.
> >
> > About 10 more minutes passed at this point and then he asked me for
> > the specs of the machine I wanted. Not only did he match them (besides
> > video card - oh does the nvidia 6150 come on intel cpu boards? I
> > didn't think it did) but I got a pretty good price too.
> >
> > The kicker was he was very excited to throw in Norton (I think?) Anti
> > virus for me with free support! I broke out laughing and tried to
> > explain exactly why that would do me no good but Benjamin didn't
> > understand.
> >
> > After the order was completed Benjamin and myself parted ways and I
> > went to the dell.com website where I could not find the nvidia 6150
> > video chipset for an intel cpu. This was what I was to receive so one
> > of us is wrong (My bet is I am).
> >
> > Its been > 12 hours and my credit card was billed but I was not sent
> > any order information...who wants to bet this beast comes with vista?
> >
>
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