[nzlug] Dell are sooo pwn3d

[Glen Ogilvie]

Hi All,

I've also been having a little battle with Dell, regarding buying a laptop
without windows.

I got a different story.  They would sell me any of the Lattude or
Precision models without windows ok. but they refused to sell me the
Inspiron 9400 without window, which of course was the one I wanted.   
Ended up paying the tax, to what I consider a competitor.

Also, their sales staff are not very easy to deal with, regarding trying to
purchase a machine without windows.. and they only ship their ubunto
laptops in the USA :(

Glen

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:56:13 +1200, David McNab <david at rebirthing.co.nz>
wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> After receiving a Dell mailer in the letter box, I rang their sales
> number to ask about whether I could purchase a machine without Windows.
> 
> They said definitely not, but told me I could simply re-format the drive
> and install Linux over the top.
> 
> Hmm, paying $100+ to a convicted monopolist for software I won't be
> using, that's a good option.... NOT!
> 
> So I gave them a bit of a blast, and told them in no uncertain terms
> that it would be very good if they could reconsider their policy and
> allow purchase of machines without an OS, or allow me to get a refund
> for the OEM OS license fee. I also told them that no matter how good
> their deals are, there's no way in hell I'd buy a machine if there is an
> M$ tax in the price.
> 
> So I mention it here, in the hope that there might be interest among the
> F/OSS community in pressuring Dell's NZ distributors to reconsider their
> policy.
> 
> Cheers
> David
> 
> 
> 
> 
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