On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 08:03:02AM -0700, Mike Leo wrote:
I have heard in the past that you cannot buy a dell with only linux on it....they have some special deal with MS that says every PC they sell MUST have some version of windows. They will install linux only as a duel boot.
That's only true for desktops, not servers. The best way to buy a Dell Linux system for desktop use is to get a Dell PowerEdge 400SC. It is their entry-level tower server, but it uses the exact same motherboard as their Dimension line, so it has an AGP slot on it (they don't tell you this in their literature). So you buy this in the barebones minimum configuration with the 800MHz FSB P4 CPU you want, add more DDR400 RAM from crucial.com (cheaper than Dell's RAM), and get your own video card separately. You can get Linux preinstalled, or get no OS at all. Plus it usually comes with a 3 year on-site next-business day warranty...