A bit more like it.

[David Bandel]

On 1/30/07, Matthew Carpenter <mcarpenter at intelguardians.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 January 2007 06:57, David Bandel wrote:
> > On 1/29/07, Tony Alfrey <tonyalfrey at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > David Bandel wrote:
> > > > On 1/29/07, Bill Campbell <linux-sxs at celestial.com> wrote:
> > > >> On Mon, Jan 29, 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> > > >>> On Monday 29 January 2007 11:31 am, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> > > >>>> I personally do not like Dell, but for those who do:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/e510_nseries?c=us&c
> > > >>>>s =19&l=en&s=dhs
> > > >>>
> > > >>> It strikes me that if they offer no support on the box, that they've
> > > >>> dramatically reduced their overall costs on this thing.  Therefore,
> > > >>> they should be nearly giving the thing away.  This is a no-risk move.
> > > >>> They tell their marketing guys to post the web page.  If they sell
> > > >>> six boxes, they covered their investment to compose the page.  The
> > > >>> rest is gravy.
> > > >>
> > > >> Now if they would provide laptops with eraser button mouse pads :-).
> > > >
> > > > This is the main reason I buy Dell laptops -- the nice Synaptics
> > > > touchpad.  I hate the erasers -- too hard to use.  (Ugh - me vi, you
> > > > emacs - ugh).
> > > >
> > > > Ciao,
> > > >
> > > > David A. Bandel
> > >
> > > I did not see any laptops on that page  ;-)
> >
> > No, and don't hold your breath on that any time soon.  I can buy
> > systems without an OS.  You can't buy a laptop that way because you
> > can't buy a laptop as a barebones system and put it together yourself.
> >  So expect to pay the "Bill Tax" on them for a very long time yet.
>
> If the Dell name isn't the issue:
> http://system76.com/
>
>

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Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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