The key is model N  

These ship with Ubuntu. The ones we purchased last year shipped with Free DOS.

 

http://configure.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=lo54702_n-series&model_id=optiplex-9010-n&c=ca&l=en&s=biz&cs=calca1

http://configure.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=lo54711_n-series&model_id=optiplex-9010-n&c=ca&l=en&s=biz&cs=calca1

 

As I mentioned Friday, the BIOS is tweaked so OEM versions of Windows and Upgrade versions of Windows will not allow registration.

 

 

Don Bosman

Information Technologist

MSU Libraries

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