HP preloads Suse Linux
THE WORLD'S LARGEST PC vendor, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Novell today announced that HP will preload Novell's SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) on its small Compaq model dc5850 desktop PC designed for the small and medium-size business (SMB) market.
The HP dc5850 has been available with FreeDOS, various editions of Windows Vista, and Windows XP. In a departure from its previous policy and the practice of most PC vendors, HP won't charge extra for preloading SuSE Linux on the machines, which it sells for prices starting at $520. Add a keyboard, mouse and monitor to build out a system for under $750.
We think that the world's best selling PC brand starting to preload Linux for the same price as the same system preloaded with Windows Vista is a significant change. It's long overdue. µ
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it should have been cheaper by at least 100$
The best selling feature on Linux machines should be the fact that they should come with free Office Software.
Unlike many years ago when MS Works was included.
Try MS Works now, and you'll gag over the lack of features it has compared to MS Office, OpenOffice, or even IBM Lotus Symphony.
The same price as Vista?
I'd buy the Vista version, overload it with a proper Linux - MS seem to own Novell these days - and ask for my Vista License money back.
I hope the recession takes them.
Totally agree with all the comments so far... Why the hell does it cost the same price, surely it should be cheaper???
Folks -- the price included the fact that the OS includes custom drivers for the specific hardware, and (I assume) a support contract for SLED. You don't really think that HP pays $100 for Vista licenses, do you? Getting SLED pre-installed just rocks.
That 'same price' crap caught my attention too. I agree that the enterprise edition shouldn't be completely free, but it should cost a shedload less than vista.