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Thread ID: 79593	2007-05-25 06:18:00	I'll Take One Of Those "DellLinuxWal-Mart" Specials and Hold The Onions.	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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552945	2007-05-25 06:18:00	"Cor, mate: That's only 13 months of pay if I walk or ride a bike . . . and I only eat at work . " It hadda happen . . . Dell hooked into Wal-mart with a Linux computer for the minimum wage earners . Well . . . . Find a nitch: Fill it . To the tech savvy crowd of burger flippers that have been salivating for the retailer to offer machines with an open-source OS, Dell is now foisting 2 desktops and a notebook all set up with the Ubuntu distribution of Linux, with the top-end desktop going for $849 and the other two for $599 each . No notice was given of what the possible discount prices would be without Linix installed in them . We DO salivate, don't we? Initially demand should be strong . . . . . . . given that the idea got 30,000 "YAY" votes in Dell’s suggestion box and the company got an affirmation by 100,000 people on a Linux survey . The "NAY" boxes had the slots only painted on the tops . And A Free Geek In Every Box . . . . . . . . . . . The question is will this be Dell's Millennium Edition or Swan Song? Once the Linux boxes got the green light, it’s the blue light for two low-end Dell desktops . Departure, as it is from its direct-sales roots, Dell will put the machines on the aisles of Wal-Marts and Sam’s Clubs across the country . . . the US country, that is . Don't expect to see them in NZ . Specs on the LinDell boxes are forthcoming, but June 10 appears to be the target (can I say "target" in an article about Wally-World?) and when bundled up, they will sell for under $700US . This comports with Sam Walton's effort to add high-end electronics and Dell’s entrance to retail outlets worldwide . Well . . "high-end" to MacInTheBox employees anyway .	SurferJoe46 (51)
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