Quoting "Ashley M. Kirchner" <ashley@xxxxxxxxxx>: > jack wallen wrote: > > from what i understand, the same machine loaded with linux will cost > > approximately $53.00 USD more than the same machine with Vista. i can't > > quite figure that one out. anyone care to explain? > > > It's their way of pushing Vista. That'd be my guess. > Probably Microsoft is subsidizing new installations of Vista. Also, it costs Dell money to get their installers "certified" and build new Ghost (or whatever) images of the linux O/S. Sure they have to do that with Vista, but since most of their installs are Vista, it's a matter of a few pennies per machine, not a few dollars per machine. Simply a matter of scale.
