[nflug] Dell Ubuntu order

[Franklin Kumro Jr]

lol when I saw that option i was like what the hell is the point...

On 6/5/07, Michael Richardson <mtr3 at buffalo.edu> wrote:
> Could be worse. At least he's not getting a 60GB drive formatted as a
> FreeDOS partition...
>
> Talk about having a completely useless computer out-of-the-box :)
>
> Stephen Burke 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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