Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 13th Jun 2008 18:11 UTC, submitted by TheIdiotThatIsMe
Dell has finally released a few glimpses on their upcoming Eee 900 competitor, called the Dell E (name subject to change). The Dell E sports an 8.9 inch display with three variations of configurations: Dell E, E Video, and E Video+, with one increasing the specifications respectively. Dell is also launching a second MID, the Dell E Slim, with a larger 12.1 inch display and two configurations: E Slim, and E Slim+. Both devices will run Linux and Windows XP.
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Member since:2006-08-17
Rest assured that I ain't ..
It's DELL who wants my money .. not _me_ wanting to give it to them ..
So again .. as long as I can run FreeBSD on the 12.1'' version .. they have a customer .. otherwise .. they don't ...
Ain't nobody pointing a gun to my head to go out and spend my hard earned money on broadcomm (amongst other not supported chips) crap packed hardware ...
I can sure spend my dough in a lot of other things ...
Now .. do they want my money?
Well .. come and get it .. but those are the conditions .. as far as I'm concerned its; FreeBSD out of the box or DELL can start piling it's boxed hardware on their deposits until hell freezes over ...
Is that simple ... 
Edited 2008-06-14 22:00 UTC
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2008-02-05
Don't hold your breath.
FreeBSD doesn't work out of the box on the EEE either. Nor does any linux. (wish they all did, though)
Dell isn't very big on including open source 'certified' hardware any more than Asus, they just include whatever works and is cheap.