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Get all the mobile computing essentials on this starter laptop featuring the Ubuntu (Linux) operating system

Inspiron 1525 (UBUNTU)

Intel® Celeron Processor 550 (2.0Ghz, 533 MHz FSB, 1 MB L2 cache) - N-Series

15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™

Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator X3100

1024MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x512]

120GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive

8x DVD+/-RW Optical drive - N-Series

1 Year Limited Warranty - Collect & Return

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£299

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Core Duo performance together with good graphics & large hard drive to power through everyday multimedia tasks

Inspiron 530 (UBUNTU)

N-Series Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E7200 processor (2.53GHz, 1066MHz, 3MB cache)

Display Not Included

128MB ATI® Radeon™ HD 2400 Pro graphics card

1024MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x512]

320GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive

DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD)

1 Year Limited Warranty - Collect & Return

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£329

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What Is Open Source?

Open source software is designed in a way that lets multiple people change, improve and redistribute the source code, meaning the software is generally community developed and available for free.

An advantage of open source is that it can deliver more reliability and flexibility, as well as faster updates and fixes, all at a lower cost. Plus, if you’re an expert, you can tweak and alter the code to completely customise the software to do exactly what you want. A downside is that some open source software requires intermediate or advanced knowledge to use, and in the case of operating systems, may not be compatible with the same software applications and hardware as Windows operating systems.

What is Ubuntu?

Ubuntu is one of the world’s most popular open source operating systems. Ubuntu is a Linux-based operating system that is community developed, updated regularly and offered for free. Designed to be user friendly, the Ubuntu OS comes with built-in software for office productivity (i.e., word processor, spreadsheets and presentation applications), e-mail, calendar, chat, web browsing, photos, and more.

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