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Add to the below wondefulness of Dell that they've started selling computers with clean hard drives now - no MS tax! They include Free-dos in the box but they're billing it as an "open-source" system ideal for running GNU/Linux or other free os on!! Think it's just a blank dimension system. http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/nseries?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&redirect=1 Jon On 25/01/07, Neil Stone <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Kai Hendry wrote: > > On 2007-01-24T13:06+0000 james kilty wrote: > >> On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 12:54 +0000, Kai Hendry wrote: > >>> All Dell machines. *shiver* > >> My wife's charity uses Dell and I was given a laptop for my birthday. > >> What should I know? > > > > I'm probably just being a snob. :) Because if you compare a X series > > Thinkpad to a Dell machine, the Dell machine comes off badly. > > > > In my experience Dell machines aren't that good. Also buying from them > > isn't a fun experience. They alter their prices a lot and you have to > > deal with silly telesales people sooner than later. > > I suppose this depends on what part of Dell you deal with... We buy > nothing but Dell kit where I work.. we order it all through out UK based > accounts manager, or their web interface. > > Support from Dell is also (99 times out of 100) bloody wonderful. Gold > suport on a server.. engineer there in under 4 hours anywhere in the > world... with the parts for your server... > > Standard desk/laptop support.. engineer there next day with part to fix.. > > They do buy bulk, they do change hardware, they don't charge the earth > (for everything). Hardware changes aren't usually a major issue, the OS > just detects somthing is different. > > I personally use a Dell Latitude D620 laptop, it worked out of the box, > including the Intel WiFi card. > > - -- > Neil Stone > > Systems Administrator > FlashTek UK > > - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1 > GIT d+(++) s: a-(?) C++++(--) UL++++$ P+ L+++ E- W+++ N+ > o+ w--- O M PS+ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5+ X+ R+ tv+ b- DI++ D+++ G > e h--- r+++ y++++(**) > - -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFFuF3Vz3Av8JKgzxQRApTVAJ9LNjQc1aeLfbhZI/EC3V/tdm0CXgCeMVZL > wIVg0YApnBaEGsCeG+/h5mA= > =jXlV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html