Dell will provide laptops with Skype pre-installed

"Well, now we can definitely says Dell is the winner. Besides Google software, laptops made under Dell's trademark shall also come with the popular and free VoIP application Skype pre-installed. The weird thing is that the owner of Skype is San Jose-based Web auctioneer eBay, which actually fights Google on the market, because of the alliance with Yahoo. Now they'll just have to co-exist on our Dell-made computers..."

"As the leading notebook supplier, Dell is committed to delivering cutting-edge technology that provides voice and video connectivity virtually anywhere," said Brett Faulk, worldwide marketing director, consumer notebooks. "Teaming with Skype, the trend setter in Internet communications, will provide our customers the very best experience when reaching out and staying in touch with friends and family around the world."

"Dell chose Skype to be pre-installed on its new mobile computers because it boasts 100 million subscribers, making it "extremely attractive," said Dell spokeswoman Anne Camden. "For the No. 1 supplier of notebooks to team up with a leading Internet communication company like Skype, it's really a good relationship for both." Skype will come bundled with Dell's new XPS M2010 "portable entertainment PC" and its XPS M1210, a lightweight laptop, which were both unveiled Wednesday. The XPS M2010 sells for $3,500 and the "ultraportable" XPS M1210 is priced at $1,300."

"All the laptops equipped with Skype will own a build-in web-cam and wireless capabilities that will allow users to speak freely using the VoIP technology, whether they're using a mobile telephone or Bluetooth headsets."

For more info on Dell's XPS laptops;
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6078433.html

Nice read ROM-DOS. If I did not like it, I could just remove it like everything else I remove whenever I reformat. Just take a few more minutes.   

ok, the google garbage, fine. but that security destroying skype!?!? puleeeez people. get a grip.

i like dell. good boxes at rock bottom prices, good warranty too. i just don't like the idea of a new box coming preloaded with ad-, spy-, and malware like assorted google crap and skype.

if you get a recovery media it will probably just get reinstalled. you would have to pay extra to get a true windows cd to install from, then it should not get installed. (unless they have a really freaky deal going on with ms to have the windows setup pop it in.)