Make the dell ubuntu models available through the main webpage

June 19, 2007

Posted By:  rajeevbhatta

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Instead of having the model listings on a different webpage ( www.dell.com/open) have these models available from the product search you have on the main page or a link available through the main page (www.dell.com)

When I go to dell.com and I search for the product model numbers I never can find them I have to go to the other page and then I see it. The only thing I saw on the main page is a small flash ad which then takes you to the page.

Why cant you place these models with the other models on your page.........
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  • Sep 2, 2007     Comment Link

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    Posted By: jp.moins_user

    I've seen this idea duplicated at least twice in the list of most voted ideas. I guess the message is clear.
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  • Aug 27, 2007     Comment Link

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    Posted By: weistrass

    We want it!!!! Carl
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  • Aug 23, 2007     Comment Link

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    Posted By: smoe

    I only learned from ideastorm about how to order Linux machines from Dell. Before that I just thought that they had not gotten around updating their web pages. This is hillarious. Strangely enought, www.dell.de/open brings me to a page in english, although Linux is very strong over here.
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  • Aug 16, 2007     Comment Link

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    Posted By: twocows

    Encarta was one of the ones it was compared to. Additionally, I find Encarta *extremely* hard to use, whereas in Wikipedia, you just type in what you want.
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  • Aug 15, 2007     Comment Link

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    Posted By: twocows

    but "windows" hasn't died. its just the older versons that died. its the same "windows" jsut a new verson with new features. So your statment is false. Yeah, but you said that Linux will die, and thus have no support for it. Well, older Windows versions currently have no support. I'd like to see you call up Microsoft Tech Support and get help with a Windows ME problem. They'll shoo you away and tell you they don't support it anymore, and to upgrade to a newer version. also wikipedia is user submited info, so most liky a linux geek or you posted that I don't remember where, so go ahead and attack me because I can't cite this, but awhile back, I read the results of a study comparing Wikipedia to a number of other well-reputed encyclopedias, such as Encyclopedia Britannica, and 9 out of 10 of the articles on Wikipedia were rated by experts to be of better quality than the other encyclopedias' articles.
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  • Aug 14, 2007     Comment Link

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    Posted By: howlingmadhowie

    .chris: it is however perfectly true that linux is used a lot more as an operating system than windows. it just isn't used on desktop systems. the code is freely available from thousands and thousands of sources. it can't "die". it would be easier for windows to die as the only people who can modify windows is microsoft. older versions just stagnate and die. with a linux distribution, you just click update and you have the newest version on the system. you see, linux can't die. people will always be inventing new architectures or need to fine tune an operating system. if you want to do that, you need an open source operating system. nobody in their right mind would spend 50 million on a super computer and install windows on it. if you spend that sort of money on a computer, you want to know what it's doing. and it's the same for markets which are moving quickly (things like the consumer electronics market). here, there are many different architectures and linux supports almost all of them. and even if it doesn't, you can add support yourself, or ask the kernel maintainers to do so.
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  • Aug 14, 2007     Comment Link

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    Posted By: ubon

    dotChris, The reality is that it is Windows that dies: MSDOS - dead Win3.1 - dead as of 12/31/2001 Win95 - dead as of 12/31/2001 WinNT4 - dead as of 12/31/2004 Win98 - dead as of 07/11/2006 Win2K - dead on 06/13/2010 WinME - dead as of 07/11/2006 (some say stillborn) WinXP - soon WinVista - not soon enough (Data from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows Of the 20 releases listed in the timeline section 18 include the word unsupported in the status line.) I switched to Ubuntu when Microsoft stopped issuing security updates for the version of Windows on my Dell Inspiron. I have now upgraded through two newer versions of Ubuntu, all by doing nothing more than running the update manager; no lost data, no blasted applications, each better than the prior (i.e. no DRM or other crap). How well would a Windows PC user do if they tried upgrading a PC from Windows2000->WinXP->Windows Vista (ignoring the fact that Vista would crawl like a snail on a PC sold with Win2000, assuming that it would even start). Also, the truth is that Linux can't die because I have my own copy of the source. So if it came to that I could edit, compile and rebuild the kernel if necessary. I have done that for a floppy-based version of Linux (freesco) so I am not talking out of my ass like you seem to do. BTW, if you want a more objective view of Windows vs Linux, than either of us have, I found this an interesting read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Windows_and_Linux Lastly, my crystal ball tells me that the next Window version will likely be based on the Linux kernel down deep, with just enough Window-ish skin to make the non-technical think it is the same OS. There is just no more lipstick to put on the current code to solve the legacy problems it has.
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  • Aug 14, 2007     Comment Link

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    Posted By: ubon

    There are a ton of programs written for Linux, besides the GNU stuff that is implicit (you know, gcc, etc.) There are the contents of the Ubuntu package manager: http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/ It has hundreds of programs in there that are click to install, and once installed Ubuntu manages the updates along with the OS updates. Then there are the commercial partners, http://www.ubuntu.com/products/softwarecatalogue Notice the link to Dell in the top right corner, http://www.ubuntu.com/dell I'll bet there is no link to Dell on Microsoft's web page. As far as not being able to do much, Vista is the real loser. In one command line in Linux I can find every JPG on my PC and print out the duplicates. That is with nothing more than the built-in commands. If I want to know how to do something in Ubuntu I can check on http://ubuntuforums.org/ and I don't have to sign up for email spam or pre-pay for something that is likely useless, like Windows.
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  • Aug 14, 2007     Comment Link

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    Posted By: trocupei

    Give people the choice of freedom, the community is there to help them... I've installed 3 ubuntu linux of 3 different clients computers today because they are tired of windows viruses trojans and spywares and programs in the start up, etc... i"ll supply the support... easy..they don't break... lol There's a demand that's for sure...
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  • Aug 13, 2007     Comment Link

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    Posted By: rajeevbhatta

    The biggest drawback ubuntu and linux in general has is that, there are not many retailers( like dell, ibm etc....) selling their pcs with linux..... and now that they are doing it they should not hide it........ By hiding a person buying a PC does not see his/her options............and the biggest problem that exists is that people do not like changes......... so if they get a pc with Windows they will never bother to change it even if it gives them problems every time they use it............... The move to sell ubuntu on pcs was a wonderful move by dell but it seems like they do not want this to work................ thats why i posted my idea here................

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