Offer Ubuntu on the XPS M1330 laptop

June 27, 2007

Posted By:  technikal

172 Votes

Status: Partially Implemented

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Offer the coolest OS on your coolest laptop. I'd be great to buy such a cool laptop knowing ubuntu would work flawlessly on it. Maybe even add Beryl into the default install so that the graphics on the screen were as nice to look at as the laptop itself. I'd even take a dual-boot with Vista - just something to assure me that on the system is Linux ready.


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  • May 6, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: qkchuah

    Dell Malaysia is not offering ubuntu system. I wish they offer it as soon as possible.
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  • Mar 5, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: kara_k

    Changed status to **PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED**. Check out the Idea in Action update.
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  • Jan 31, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: matt_d

    Nvidia graphics should be there - it's a web site issue we're working through. CPU speeds too.
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  • Jan 30, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: jorge

    Just make sure not to cripple it by only offering the slow processors and no Nvidia graphics card.
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  • Jan 24, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: matt_d

    Thanks to everyone who voted for this idea. Your enthusiasm and persistence is what drove us to add Ubuntu to the XPS M1330n.
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  • Jan 23, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: jervis961

    Way to go Dell.
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  • Jan 23, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: kara_k

    Changed status to **IN PROGRESS**. Check out the Idea in Action!
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  • Oct 23, 2007     Comment Link

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    Posted By: jervis961

    Thanks dell_admin1.
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  • Oct 23, 2007     Comment Link

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    Posted By: dell_admin1

    Changed status to **UNDER REVIEW**.
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  • Oct 23, 2007     Comment Link

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    Posted By: dell_admin1

    @bk - thanks for asking about why this one was tagged as "not now". I've looked into this and have a couple things to report: 1.) This idea never should have been tagged as "not now". The appropriate tag for this idea (back then and still now) is "under review". The fact is that we're always testing our systems for compatibility with Ubuntu, and it's not our practice to entirely rule out a product as a possibility. As a result, I am updating the status tag to reflect the current status of this idea... our product and consumer marketing and engineering teams are reviewing this idea. 2.) I apologize that this was tagged in error, and that this was tagged as "not now" without an explanation. I have reminded all Dell folks who tag ideas on IdeaStorm (there's only a few of us right now anyway) to ALWAYS include an explanation in a comment, particularly if we tag it "not now" or "not likely". So hopefully we won't have another situation like this one. @bk and a few others - thanks for keeping up on me to chase this answer down. And again, I'm very sorry about the miscommunication. Thanks.

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