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Dell flogs Google boxes
DELL HAS AGREED to flog Google hardware. The PC maker sasy it will sell Google Search Appliance and Google Mini devices direct to corporate customers.
Dell already makes the boxes for Google, the firm has not been flogging them until now.
"Having Google Search Appliance and Google Mini bolsters our enterprise offerings and simplifies the search engine process for our commercial and public customers," said Terry Klein, vice president at Dell's Americas Advanced Solutions Group.
"Google's turnkey search appliances align well with Dell's priority to simplify IT in the data centre."
The Google Search Appliance, with its distinctive yellow chassis, is designed for larger enterprises, while the blue Google Mini is targeted SMEs.
The appliances deliver relevant search results from information sources within a company's firewall.
Companies can also design their own interface that users will recognise from their familiarity with Google.com, without compromising existing corporate security requirements.
"Expanding our channel presence will help meet the growing demand and interest in Google Enterprise solutions worldwide," said Darci Dutton-Reimund, head of North America channels at Google Enterprise.
"Dell's partnership is critical in helping us deliver the best of Google business innovation to our rapidly growing customer base."
The Google Search Appliance starts at $30,000 and the Google Mini starts at $1,995. µ
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I recently configured a Dell Vostro 400. And like you on first boot I was given a Licence agreement for Google software, I however had no problem locating and clicking the cancel button. Perhaps this was noticed and resolved :)

There was still was an awful lot of 'rubbish' software pre-installed (that was promptly removed), and I'm pretty sure I didn't have to agree to licences to all of them
I recently configured two new Dell Optiplex 745 machines. On the first boot, a window opened asking me to confirm authorization for the Google software bundled with the computer. Here is what set me off though:

1. No X to click on.
2. No button to dismiss the window or disagree to the authorization.
3. Right-clicking on the taskbar button did not give a menu.
4. Alt-F4 didn’t work, if I recall correctly.

In the end, the ONLY way I finally got rid of this window was through Task Manager. After uninstalling all bundled software from this machine, the window still came up on boot. Eventually I removed it using the registry and manually deleting its files.

I like Google overall and it has its uses, but such forceful software installations are unacceptable, and Dell went along with it.