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Dell releases powerful, well-supported Linux Ultrabook

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520 points iProject | 1 comments | 29 Nov 12 14:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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cllns ◴[29 Nov 12 15:41 UTC] No.4848260[source]▶
The Windows version of the same laptop is $50 less. Uh, what?

[1] http://www.dell.com/us/p/xps-13-l321x-mlk/pd

[2] http://www.dell.com/us/soho/p/xps-13-linux/pd.aspx

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1. bryanlarsen ◴[29 Nov 12 15:51 UTC] No.4848328[source]▶
Dell has a bunch of engineers working on Linux support for this notebook, they have to pay them somehow. I don't mind paying an extra $50. The big problem is that the Linux version will probably never go on sale, yet the Windows version will be on sale more often then not so there will be a lot more than a $50 delta. I hope I'm wrong.