Re: Which laptop!!!
From: "Preben Randhol" <randhol@pvv.org>
> "Jean-Marc V. Liotier" <jim@jipo.com> wrote on 13/11/2002 (15:11) :
> > Could you please substantiate that with some facts ? I agree that Dell
> > is not the best for reliability (they don't survive rough nomadic lives,
> > although they are fine as movable desktops) and that given enough cash I
> > would rather buy from IBM. But we have a gaggle of Dell laptops and find
> > them to be a good compromise given the price. I'm currently typing on an
> > Inspiron 4000 with Debian and I am quite satisfied. But then I never
> > asked Dell for Linux support : all I have done I did myself with a
> > little community support.
>
> http://www.lanfear.com/dell/
>
> According to one that had this laptop The point is that you get the
> answer : "We don't support Linux" from Dell, while from Acer they said
> he could return the laptop if it didn't work with Linux.
>
My sentiments exactly. I'm very happy with my Dell, but I don't expect any help
from them.
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