Michael Dell: Is He Agnostic When It Comes to Operating Systems?

A demanding user will not do anything with Linux... almost all softwares run windows...

Vista is here to stay.Will XP have continung support in the future really is the question. As technology changes the OS must change. In a few years Vista and XP will be just another relic along with DOS,Windows, 2000, 95, 98 and ME.

Ha, hahah, ha. This journalist, Rush Mitchell, is a complete joke. You must be nuts to say that anybody hates Vista... Vista is way better than XP. I use Vista Ultimate on an nearly four years old machine with only 1 GB RAM (!) and it even feels faster than XP (of course I use a 4 GB readyboost usb stick to speed things up). The search function on Vista is a lot better, DVD burner software is now included in Vista, and the user interface is looking nice. I also used Ubuntu and Kubuntu. They are really awefull. Just plain ugly. Ubuntu is even slower than XP. Kubuntu would not run on all my machines. Another Linux distro, Xubuntu, was a real disaster.

WINE can run many windows programs on linux. Linux is not Windows, it is better. You need to unlear windows and learn how to linux.

Why am I wasting my time with a Sarah Lacy interview?

Judging by the Ideastorm site, he should probably remain agnostic, lest half of his userbase blaspheme his name.

call me nuts, but I have Vista. The only feature in that operating system that I do like is improved battery time for my laptop. unless I'm in a situation where battery is critical, I use Ubuntu (yes, it does run flawlessly), or when I need to use use a program that is not for linux and does not run in WINE, I use XP. If you were having a problem with Ubuntu being slow, I would guess that you didn't bother to install the driver to your graphics card.

The only thing good in Vista is the increased security and the improved Windows Firewall that provide the users more options but that's about it. Vista might be more "advance" in some way, but XP is still the more favorable OS and a really more user friendly OS. Especially in the overseas market, people are still asking for XP when they buy new desktop and laptop. Remember, it's always the consumer who get to choose which product to stay but not the manufacturer.

all microsoft programs are an abortion------------buy a MAC!

That's about the most irrelevant comments I've heard today.

That's about the most irrelevant comments I've heard today.

That's about the most irrelevant comments I've heard today.

Two things I'd never buy: A Dell computer Windows Vista

The good news I think is this points out that choice is becoming more prevalent as it should be- we still have a very long way to go though. There are users of different OS, each with their preferences. Why the heck do you care what OS I prefer? Let me have the freedom to chose, be that a Mac (my wife's computer at home), Windows (not because I love it but it works), or Linux (which is my preference). I use them all. Who are you to tell me that's wrong? And you'll never convince me your better or smarter than me because you don't agree with my choice.

Can't blame Dell for not choosing Linux. It's a great OS but Dell can't win with Linux. No matter which distro Dell chooses, the majority of the Linux community is going to be pissed since Dell didn't choose their favorite. There's just too many Linux distro's, user interfaces, and ways to load software. Don't get me wrong, I use Linux exclusively. But I can see why manufacturer's are slow to adopt it. How are they going to support it with all it's many personalities?

My brother in law put Xubuntu on my old, old T21 laptop last year and it works wonderfully. So much so that we are putting our old P2 and P3 under Linux as well and our main desktop will be XP/Linux for playing the few PC games we have left but honestly we spent more time on the PS3. We've settled on KDE over the Gnome because it is much more customizable The Linux visual eye candy is varied and impressive and the kids want that spinning cube like their uncle has. We've been going through Live CD's (you can run the OS from the CD without installing it) seeing all the differences between the top Linux flavors. It takes a little time to understand how modular the Linux OS is and how there is no 'one' official Linux look. The full KDE/Compiz desktop I will have is a lot different that the XCFE desktop which is much less graphics intensive or even the small Linux distros that can fit in under 100megs like Puppy and DSL. But this past year on my T21 have been wonderful: No anti-virus, updates, trojans, malware and such.... priceless. I think my family deserves this too. I am by no way throwing out my XP license but I've lived with Linux for a year on a laptop I had no use for and that I now use more often than my work issued Mac laptop. I can move from OS to OS to OS with little problem. Any whining fanbois who are too emotional about OS should seek professional help. With web services being so prevalent, the browser is the new OS. Which is why that embedded Linux 5 second boot that Asus will ship on the millions of motherboards eevry month will be big. There is a huge segment of the computer using public who spend most of their times in FF, Skype, IM and photoviewer that most wont even have to boot into their main OS most of the time. And my wife saw someone use the HP Mininote and loved it but didnt see herself paying 700-800$+ considering how many we have. When I showed her the Linux running Acer One and Dell E netbooks between $300 and $400, she was sold. Once you hit that low $200-300 price point, the netbook becomes an appliance. Something like a Tivo which runs on Linux but no one makes a big deal about. You dont build a relationship with an appliance like some people build with an OS. Its a tool. So are those who see is as more than that.

My brother in law put Xubuntu on my old, old T21 laptop last year and it works wonderfully. So much so that we are putting our old P2 and P3 under Linux as well and our main desktop will be XP/Linux for playing the few PC games we have left but honestly we spent more time on the PS3. We've settled on KDE over the Gnome because it is much more customizable The Linux visual eye candy is varied and impressive and the kids want that spinning cube like their uncle has. We've been going through Live CD's (you can run the OS from the CD without installing it) seeing all the differences between the top Linux flavors. It takes a little time to understand how modular the Linux OS is and how there is no 'one' official Linux look. The full KDE/Compiz desktop I will have is a lot different that the XCFE desktop which is much less graphics intensive or even the small Linux distros that can fit in under 100megs like Puppy and DSL. But this past year on my T21 have been wonderful: No anti-virus, updates, trojans, malware and such.... priceless. I think my family deserves this too. I am by no way throwing out my XP license but I've lived with Linux for a year on a laptop I had no use for and that I now use more often than my work issued Mac laptop. I can move from OS to OS to OS with little problem. Any whining fanbois who are too emotional about OS should seek professional help. With web services being so prevalent, the browser is the new OS. Which is why that embedded Linux 5 second boot that Asus will ship on the millions of motherboards eevry month will be big. There is a huge segment of the computer using public who spend most of their times in FF, Skype, IM and photoviewer that most wont even have to boot into their main OS most of the time. And my wife saw someone use the HP Mininote and loved it but didnt see herself paying 700-800$+ considering how many we have. When I showed her the Linux running Acer One and Dell E netbooks between $300 and $400, she was sold. Once you hit that low $200-300 price point, the netbook becomes an appliance. Something like a Tivo which runs on Linux but no one makes a big deal about. You dont build a relationship with an appliance like some people build with an OS. Its a tool. So are those who see is as more than that.

pe8453, the many personalities of Linux are one of its greatest assets. Does Dell deal with customers that all have a single personality? People want their computers to match them. Monopolysoft is going down hill because they can't afford to allow their software to match users since they are the only company that can service their wares so need uniformity; since they take great advantage of having control over your computer; and since if they open up, they will lose their monopoly control and profits to competitors. You can run many Linux distros all at once and this will become even easier in the future. The community does the heavy lifting, not Dell (at least not until DeLLinux comes out). I'm working on my own Linux distro LiveCD.. it'll be just the way I want it.

Dell will recover its #1 position in computers because Michael Dell is the best CEO in the world.

VirtualBox and Intel VT processor rocks on my Dell 1420N. The rest of you are just a bunch of pansies! It is a GNU World!