Idea #321: Allow us to buy higher end PCs!

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Written by louieb39 the 29 Feb 08 at 00:36. Category: System.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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I was going to buy an Ubuntu PC from Dell until I found out that the PCs are all so low end. I say we should get the same specs as any Windows User. Yes that includes GPUs too.

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smartboyathome wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 00:38

Who would make the computers? There are already businesses which do this.

bigfox wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 00:44

It might be a good idea to suggest this idea to Dell as they are the ones who actually make the computers and control what models get Ubuntu support (By Dell).

greg.hagen wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 02:03

Did you know that you can load Ubuntu on new computers that did not come with Ubuntu by default? It's SCIENCE!

AndrewC wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 05:15

This belongs on Dell IdeaStorm, not Ubuntu Brainstorm.

rawsausage wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 13:57

There ya go:
http://www.zepto.com/Shop/Default.aspx

Higher end computers with Ubuntu installed.

rawsausage wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 13:58

And oh yes,
http://www.system76.com/
for desktops :)

carpii wrote on the 20 Sep 08 at 22:26

Lets face it, if Dell ever get to the stage where they are shipping high end PC's with ubuntu, they are probably going to be putting bits of dell support software on there, and equivalent crap they ship with windows.

Just buy the PC you need and install from scratch.
Even windows users like to do a clean install usually

nachomania wrote on the 21 Sep 08 at 01:12

Is this an idea anymore?

Auzy wrote on the 21 Sep 08 at 01:22

I vote +0. We cant go and tell companies how to run their businesses. Dell, or anyone regardless. Yes we can set up petitions for them to do so, or start our own stores, but Canonical cant do much for them really.

When it comes down to it too, part of the reason they may be scared off, is hardware support, and usability issues (fixing common problems on a linux system is much harder then a windows or OSX system still).

All we can do is hope, and improve things to the point they will care.

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