Dell’s entry into the sub-notebook market, the Inspiron 910, will ship with Ubuntu preinstalled. This was confirmed this morning when Gizmodo published (leaked) specifications for the Inspiron 910.
The specifications also show that the device includes an 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, up to 1GB of RAM, and an 8.9″ screen with support for a resolution of 1024×600. It will also include a built-in camera, solid-state drives ranging between 4GB and 16GB, a VGA port, a media card reader, WiFi, and 3 USB ports. Rumors indicate that the base model could be priced as low as $299.
Gizmodo [via Ars Technica]
[...] Dell’s sub-notebook to ship with Ubuntu[->] 2008-08-19 03:42 k33l0r Submitted by k33l0r on Tuesday August 19, @03:42AM k33l0r [...]
Wow, might actually have to buy a Dell. For this price, it doesn’t matter so much that it is cheap and nasty. And Ubuntu already running is a huge boon.
The article is unclear- does it come with the pencil?
@What is Ubuntu?: No, that would add an dollar to the price, and so Dell couldn’t say that it was priced “under $300″…
@cak: Yup, tempting as hell ain’t it… I’m just hoping that the price doesn’t jump by 100% when this thing hits European stores.
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I will pay $301, if they offer a white cover version.
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Still not convinced that I should buy anything from Dell - even if it ships with Linux and include a sharpened pencil.
Rather wait for Lenovo…
Is there a Pencil Sharpener port for number 2 pencils? A PS2 port…