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Dell's Ubuntu-powered line

Dell's finally lifted the lid on the Ubuntu line. Here are the details ...
Written by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Senior Contributing Editor

Dell's finally lifted the lid on the Ubuntu line. Here are the details:

Dimention E520 N

Starter model:

  • Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E4300 (1.8GHz, 800 FSB)
  • Ubuntu Desktop Edition version 7.04
  • 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs
  • 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache

Starting price - $599

Options (default indicates starter options):

  • CPU: - Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 (1.8GHz) - default - Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 (1.86GHz) - Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 (2.13GHz)
  • OS: - Ubuntu 7.04 no support - default - Ubuntu 7.04 30 days standard support - Ubuntu 7.04 1 year basic support - Ubuntu 7.04 one year standard support
  • Monitors: - 19 inch Samsung widescreen panel - 15 inch analog flat panel - 17 inch analog flat panel - default - 20 inch widescreen digital panel - 22 inch widescreen digital panel - 20 inch UltraSharp widescreen digital panel
  • RAM: - 1GB DDR2 - default - 2GB DDR2 - 4GB DDR2
  • Hard drive: - 250GB 7200RPM SATA - default - 320GB 7200RPM SATA
  • Optical drive: - 48x CD-RW/DVD combo - default - 16x DVD+/-RW - Dual 16x DVD ROM and 48 CD-RW/DVD combo - 16x DVD ROM and 16x DVD+/-RW
  • Video card: - Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 - default - 256MB nVIDIA GeForce 7300LE TurboCache
  • Sound card: - Integrated 7.1 channel audio - default

Inspiron E1505 N

Starter model:

  • Intel Pentium dual-core proc T2080(1MB Cache/1.73GHz/533MHz FSB
  • Ubuntu Edition version 7.04
  • 512MB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 DIMM
  • 80GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive

Starting price - $599

Options (default indicates starter options):

  • CPU: - T7200 (2.0GHz) - T5600 (1.83GHz) - T5300 (1.73GHz) - T2350 (1.86GHz) - T2080 (1.73GHz) - default
  • OS: - Ubuntu 7.04 no support - default - Ubuntu 7.04 30 days standard support - Ubuntu 7.04 1 year basic support - Ubuntu 7.04 one year standard support
  • LCD Panel: - 15.4 inch XGA - 15.4 inch XGA with TrueLife - default - 15.4 inch UltraSharp widescreen WXGA+ with TrueLife - 15.4 inch UltraSharp widescreen SXGA+ with TrueLife
  • RAM: - 512MB DDR2 - default - 1GB DDR2 - 2GB DDR2 - 2GB DDR2 667MHz
  • Hard drive: - 100GB 7200RPM SATA - 160GB 5400RPM SATA - 80GB 7200RPM SATA - 120GB 5400RPM SATA - 80GB 5400RPM SATA - default
  • Optical drive: - 24x CD burner/DVD combo - default - 8x CD/DVD+/-RW double-layer write

XPS 410 N

Starter model:

  • Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E4300 (2MB L2 Cache,1.8GHz,800FSB)
  • Ubuntu Desktop Edition version 7.04
  • 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs
  • 250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache

Starting price - $849

Options (default indicates starter options):

  • CPU: - Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 (1.8GHz) - default - Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 (1.86GHz) - Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 (2.13GHz) - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4GHz) - Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.66GHz)
  • OS: - Ubuntu 7.04 no support - default - Ubuntu 7.04 30 days standard support - Ubuntu 7.04 1 year basic support - Ubuntu 7.04 one year standard support
  • RAM: - 1GB DDR2 - default - 2GB DDR2 - 4GB DDR2
  • Hard drive: - 250GB SATA - default - 320GB SATA - 500GB SATA
  • Optical drives: - Dual 16x DVD-ROM and 16x DVD+/-RW - 16x CD/DVD burner - default - Dual 48x combo and 16x CD/DVD burner
  • Monitors: - 19 inch UltraSharp digital panel - default - 19 inch Samsung flat panel - 20 inch widescreen digital panel - 22 inch widescreen digital panel - 20 inch UltraSharp widescreen digital panel - 24 inch UltraSharp widescreen digital panel
  • Video card: - 256MB nVIDIA GeForce 7300LE TurboCache - default
  • Sound card: - Integrated 7.1 channel audio - default

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