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It is hard to select a linux box from the main "www.dell.com" web site.
Instead try "linux.dell.com", and then on the right hand column select
"n-series Desktops" or "n-series Notebooks". Guy Fraser wrote: On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 08:27 -0700, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:Andy Green <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: BRUCE STANLEY wrote: > If you go out to the Dell Website and select the "Dell Workstations" > option, you will see that you can select Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4 > for your operating system. > > If you click on a Windows option for the same configuration, > you will see that the starting priced for any version of windows > is higher than the starting price for Linux. It doesn't work like that on the UK Dell Website. Last time I looked I couldn't even find any mention of Linux, but I checked today and it is mentioned. Here is what the navigation looks like right now to try to do as you suggest. 1) http://dell.com redirects me to http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/default.aspx?c=uk&l=en&~ck=geo Oh yeah on EVERY page: "Dell recommends Windows Vista (TM) Business" 2) Select Desktops | Small business gets you to http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/desktops?c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&l=en&s=bsd where there is an advert for Vista in the top third of the page. 3) "Choose" button for Dell Precision http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/precn_desktops?c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&l=en&s=bsd Oh wow a "special offer" on -- "Windows Vista at no extra cost" But it does mention RHEL is an option, not a choosable option, just mentions it. 4) Click "Select" on the most expensive one, the 690. Gets you http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/precn_690?c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&l=en&s=bsd Hm, RHEL is not mentioned any more, but "Windows Vista TM at no extra cost" is. 5) Click "Customize & Buy" for the left hand choice of two 690s, it's the expensive one I figured it would have RHEL as an option. Gets you here: http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/emea/topics/vistabundles/bsdbundles?c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&l=en&s=bsd&~section=W03692 Wow a whole page titled "Welcome to Windows Vista" with a gal who looks really happy. There are two buttons at the bottom, "Choose Vista" and "Choose Windows XP". Nothing about RHEL or Linux or anything except kissing one ring or the other. 6) Well I "chose" Vista let's say http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b=&c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&kc=DRS66902&l=en&oc=W03692&s=bsd Err choice between 3 types of Vista. 7) Back up to 5), try the "Choose XP" button http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b=&c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&kc=DRS66902&l=en&oc=W03692xp&s=bsd Choice of XP or XP x64, no Linux. 8) Back up to 3), try the cheaper of the pair http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/emea/topics/vistabundles/bsdbundles?c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&l=en&s=bsd&~section=W03691 Yeah "Choose Vista" or "Choose XP" 9) Back up to 2), try the cheapest, the 390 which also lists RHEL http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/precn_390?c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&l=en&s=bsd 10) Okay choose the most expensive on the left and "Customize and Buy" http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/emea/topics/vistabundles/bsdbundles?c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&l=en&s=bsd&~section=W03392 Aiieeee "Welcome to Windows Vista" So it's nice if you can get Linux in the US Dell site, but I can only find it mentioned and I certainly am not being allowed to compare prices. -Andy Interesting. Can you select the USA option from the Main page? Or, can you order Linux via a salesman rather than ordering it on line? If not, maybe for some reason Dell is not yet set up to ship Linux systems out of the USA. Can't imagine why that would make a difference though.Doesn't matter, the Canadian and US sites don't allow you to select Linux either, you can only Customize with XP or Customize with Vista. You would probably have to order by phone or email. They do not want to advertise their pricing for Linux, likely because they are still way overcharging for it. We order the Dell rack mount servers without any O/S, and do our own custom installs, which we feel is preferable to a cookie cutter Linux/Unix install. |
