The NSW Department of Education and Training will hire hundreds of extra full-time IT staff to support the 220,000 netbooks to be deployed this year, but the fleet's operating system is yet to be announced.
Thousands of Dell users have contacted a user forum to call for PCs to be shipped with a Linux operating system and the OpenOffice application suite.
After a long-announced transition, 30 June marks the end of an era at Microsoft that of Windows XP.
Intel will roll out Vista internally only once the first service pack of the operating system has been released, and Dell is likely to do the same.
After more than three years in the making, Windows Vista will be unveiled to corporate users on Thursday by vice president, Microsoft Australia and New Zealand, Steve Vamos.
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The only people who won't eventually move to Windows Vista are the Linux and Mac enthusiasts.
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After adding it back as an option for small businesses, Dell offers the older OS on consumer machines in response to demand in the US.
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Dell's Latitude E6400 is a full featured business laptop that delivers on performance, battery life and price in one neat bundle.
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Dell's Latitude E4300 shares many of the exciting features of its larger siblings, but also sacrifices a lot in exchange for portability.
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