[H-GEN] thoughts on Dell laptops

[Nick Kwiatkowski]

Florent Angly wrote on 08/11/2010 11:07:52 AM:

> 
> I've used different Dell laptops in recent years. I have never been 
> impressed with any of them. They may be cheaper, but you know why when 
> the battery stop working after a year or the screen hinge stop 
> performing as intended...
> 
> The Dell laptop I've had worked ok with Linux, depending on what 
> hardware is inside the machine. There were only 1-2 things that did not 
> work exactly like they should, but overall, it was usable.
> 

Not wanting to steer the conversation away from Dell - have never tried to 
install Linux on them. However, I have done plenty of installs on 
thinkpads.

Personally, I like them - not the sexiest - but reliable. One site I do 
recommend is the http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki 

While it is thinkpad centric, it does have general discussions on 
different chipsets (nVida, ATI, Intel) and getting them work with specific 
distros -- so could be a handy reference.

Regards



Nickolas Kwiatkowski
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