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Make Way for the Dell Google PC

26 May, 2006, 10:00 am IST | by Aalaap Ghag | Desktops

Not exactly “Google PC”, but Dell has announced that they will start selling PCs that will have Google software (like Google Desktop, Google Talk, etc.) pre-installed. The PCs will obviously still run Microsoft Windows, but “Google software” can also mean Mozilla Firefox with Google Toolbar as the default browser, pushing aside the plagued Internet Explorer, which is quite a setback for Microsoft. Google will be paying Dell a small fee per PC for putting their software, which Google will earn back in a few clicks on Google ads. Everyone's happy. Except Microsoft, of course. I make people switch to Firefox from Internet Explorer, but if other manufacturers start following Dell, I won't have to!

Tags: Google PC , Google , Google Software , Google Toolbar , Google Talk , Google Desktop , Mozilla Firefox , Microsoft , Internet Explorer , Dell

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