Dell Laptop question

[Phil Pinkerton]

Acer also sells Laptops with Linux pre-installed

On 7/19/07, Michael D. Stemle, Jr. <manchicken at notsosoft.net> wrote:
>
> On Thursday 19 July 2007 02:43:13 Ted Frater wrote:
> > Nigel Ridley wrote:
> > >I was interested in buying one of those Dell/Ubuntu laptops but they
> are
> > > not yet available here in Israel.
> > >
> > >BUT, I found a retailer that sells all their laptops without an
> installed
> > > OS - if I want! :-)
> > >So what, of the cheaper range, models would you recommend? What are the
> > > Turion processors like as opposed to the Intel core duo? I did have a
> > > quick Google but their is way too much info out there to digest
> > > easily/quickly.
> > >
> > >Blessings,
> > >
> > >Nigel
> >
> > Dell have a consumer range and their business range.
> >   The former  is Inspiron the latter is the Latitude.
> >   If your going to use it for business do purchase 3 yr on site next
> > business working day warranty.
> >  Essential.
> > As for build  quality , IBM lenovo are still the best.
> > whats just as important tho is where the nearest service depot is. Talk
> > to them first to see what support your going to get
> > you need a laptop that has an installed base of 1000's. there will be
> > more spares for those around than say the latest  high flying model
> > I personally always go for a second hand ex corporate leasing laptop.
> >  If its survived 3  yearsof leasing it will have has a good burn in.
> >  Never failed me.
> >  And I supply laptops to friends.
> >  Only IBM tho.
> >  hope this helps.
>
> Most of the Lenovo's I've been seeing have those wretched TPMs on them,
> many
> of them don't have anything but ATI cards, and I don't think I saw a
> single
> one without an intel or broadcom wireless NIC (though System76 and Dell
> are
> also only offering Intel 3945s).
>
> Just don't buy an HP.  I made that mistake and I am sorely regretting it
> now.
> Lucky for me, Dell's got a great deal going on with their laptops.
>
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