Re: Which laptop!!!
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 10:00:08AM -0400, Derek Broughton wrote:
> From: "Simon Wong" <sjpwongbulk@bigpond.com>
>
> > On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 04:53, Jim Richardson wrote:
> > > Why steer clear of Dell? I have been quite happy with my Inspiron 8100.
> >
> > On the whole me too.
> >
> > Have had some problems with BIOS updates so my only suggestions is don;t
> > unless you really need to.
> >
> > Otherwise their hardware is nice and standard so very compatible.
>
> I don't think (though I'm willing to be corrected) that they have produced a
> proper ACPI-compatible BIOS yet - and most of the newer machines don't support
> apm.
>
Maybe, dunno, I do know that my 8100 supports APM fine.
--
Jim Richardson http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock
You know you've landed gear-up when it takes full power to taxi.
Lintel, because you can't rely on windows to support heavy loads.
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