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Buying tip: instead of buying the "Developer Edition" for $1550, you can get the "Windows version" with a slightly slower processor for $1400: see the 3rd confi
by mrb 14y ago
Buying tip: instead of buying the "Developer Edition" for $1550, you can get the "Windows version" with a slightly slower processor for $1400: see the 3rd configuration from the left here: http://www.dell.com/us/p/xps-13-l321x-mlk/pd?~ck=mn http://www.dell.com/us/p/xps-13-l321x-mlk/pd?~ck=mn
The only diff between the 2 processors is that the i7-3537U runs at 2GHz and has 4MB cache, whereas the i5-3337U runs at 1.8GHz and has 3MB cache.
If Dell offered the "Developer Edition" with the i5-3337U, they would be able to shave off another $50 from the Windows licensing fees and sell it at $1350.
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- noahl 14y agoThe only thing I don't like about that is that I wish there was a box I could check that says "I'm buying a Windows laptop, but I'm really planning to run Linux on it. Please keep investing in Linux hardware support for this line of laptops." Actually, the world might be better if all manufacturers had that checkbox.
- tga 14y agoThe manufacturers can't hear what you're saying over the sound of the ringing cash register. You've already bought the Windows laptop, proving that Linux support from their part wasn't that important after all. The only way I'd see this working is if you could use the magical checkbox to say "I'm preordering this laptop only after you get all hardware properly working in Linux". Get enough Linux preorders like that and they might even task someone with prodding the component manufacturers to come up with proper drivers.
- slgeorge 14y agoAs tga says the vendor is unlikely to hear that since they're concerned about actual sales. It's more likely that they'd be aware if you at least phoned them and told someone during the ordering process, but I doubt it would make its way through. Overall, if you want to send the signal that Linux compatibility is important you have to buy a machine with Linux on it.
- fdr_cs 14y agoYou are paying the price for not having loads of stickers and crapware. Im fine with it, and I want Dell to know that there are Linux consumers ...
- JoshTriplett 14y agoWindows doesn't cost Dell money; Windows and piles of pre-installed software save Dell money. Shipping a version without Windows costs more.
- mrb 14y agoOf course Windows costs Dell money. There is an exact same Windows version of this laptop with the same CPU that sells for $50 more than the Linux version (see the fourth configuration in my link). Or one could argue that Windows costs nothing to Dell, because they just pass the licensing fee (the $50) to the consumer.
- dagw 14y agoWindows costs Dell money, but Windows+all the extra crap they're paid to install earns Dell money. Any price difference between Windows and Linux laptops is purely a marketing move.