On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 02:44:55PM -0700, David D.W. Downey wrote: > (This was originally screwed up due to forgetting the s in lists so it's > a repaste and post) > > <This is in regards to Mr. Coker's Dell comments> > > > > Actually I don't know what you guys are talking about. I am fiercely > loyal to Dell as a customer simply beause I got EXCELLENT technical > support from them with CPx laptops, PowerEdge and PowerApp servers, and > every single (yes, EVERY single) one of those machines (over 1500 > total) have all run linux including the laptops. It didn't violate the > warrenty, and they actively pursued finding a technician to solve my > problems. That is why I ONLY buy Dell for commercial accounts and Dells > for home when I can afford it. > > Someone needs to stop spreading FUD that they have bad support or that > they don't support Linux, cause that's total bullshit. Dell US may well be different from Dell UK. Personally, I have had very bad experiences buying from Dell in the UK. When I bought the precessor to my current laptop, it only took 53 phone calls, lasting a total of ~4 hours (lots of queueing and muzak). When it suffered a hardware failure, I foolishly opted for another Dell, so I could re-use docking station, batteries, floppy, CD-drive etc (besides it's a company laptop, so they call the shots). That only took 18 calls. And there was no way of avoiding getting (and paying for) Windows on it... Windows ME survived just long enough for me to reject the license... -- Karl E. Jørgensen karl@jorgensen.com www.karl.jorgensen.com /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign x - Say NO to HTML in email / \ - Say NO to Word documents in email (and Macros!)
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