Profit Margins on Commodity PCs
$60 to keep crapware off of a Windows PC? The question is: Why are “open source” [no pre-loaded OS] Dell PCs priced $50+ more than identical hardware with Vista pre-loaded? As it turns out to be, the...
View Article“Is Linux on Dell a Pipe Dream?” Article
Is Linux on Dell a Pipe Dream? I have put another article on the site that discusses the real cost of delivering Desktop Linux to the average Dell home-user. All about crapware profits, the Microsoft...
View ArticleDell’s Linux Offer, still too early to tell
When Dell first announced that Linux was going to be offered as a choice on their home systems, many Linux fans rejoiced on the news. GNU/Linux was finally going to make headway in the desktop market,...
View ArticleUbuntu’s Death Rattle
Having just posted my thoughts on the Dell/Linux sham, it hit me… This must be the sound of Ubuntu’s death rattle. Having failed to turn a profit year after year, Canonical/Ubuntu has put all of its...
View ArticleUbuntu’s Endgame, Adding Insult to Injury
It’s time for all the fans that rallied behind the idea of Dell providing Ubuntu, or any other Linux distribution, to follow through and purchase a system… Scratch that, they have all disappeared! Some...
View ArticleMicrosoft Thanks Ubuntu For Increasing XP and Vista Sales
It’s great that Linux is finally getting the exposure it deserves, thanks to Dell, but the question still remains: how is Dell profiting from its Ubuntu offering? We know that the net margin for Dell,...
View ArticleThe More Dell Lies, the More Ubuntu Community Embraces Dell
Having priced similar Dell Ubuntu and Vista systems in the past, at a real difference of 10 dollars, I was curious to check in again and see if Dell has implemented anything the users of IdeaStorm have...
View ArticleUbuntu Kills Linux, Then Self, Dell Suspected of Foul Play.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for … DELL Ubuntu Linux? *World* to Dell: We want desktop Linux! Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ve probably heard the news: The world wants Linux. And as...
View ArticleUbuntu and Dell, a Mismatch Made in a Place Called Hell [IdeaStorm].
I’m going to keep this one short and simple, and to the point. And I’m not even going to write anything. Why the Dell/Ubuntu Deal Won’t Improve Linux’s Market Share When you take a few steps back from...
View ArticleIs your LCD making a buzzing or high pitch noise?
This seems to be a real problem with some LCD Monitors, expecially the entry level 24″ TN panels like the popular Dell E248WFP (which I’m in front of right now). In my case, the monitor was fine for...
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