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Re:Alienware Evaluating Customers' Interest in Linux by goombastic on Tuesday January 25, 2011 @11:56AM (#2139754)
Geeks optimize everything. 99$ extra for Win (esp. if you don't use it) is 99$ wasted. Many of us are also finicky about taking a stand. A thousand geeks saying no to 99$ extra is a lot of money and a community in itself.
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Re:Alienware Evaluating Customers' Interest in Linux by iwwr on Tuesday January 25, 2011 @11:59AM (#2139772)
What would you use an Alienware Linux machine for?
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Re:Alienware Evaluating Customers' Interest in Linux by __mlm__ on Tuesday January 25, 2011 @12:11PM (#2139830)
There are many companies (and government agencies like NASA) that do a lot of high-end 3D visualization and processing on linux. Having one of these desktops would be nice in one of those environments.
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Re:Alienware Evaluating Customers' Interest in Linux by lanstein on Tuesday January 25, 2011 @01:58PM (#2140334)
The dollar sign goes before the number.
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