{Spam?} [ale] Dell laptop - recommendations?

[David Corbin]

I have personnally purchased 3 Dell laptops. (1 very recently) In general, I 
find they work very well.  I run Linux on one, and I think I ran linux on the 
oldest (6+years), but I can't remember for sure.  They have had problems, but 
I tend to be VERY hard on equipment.  And, so far, the only additional money 
I've sent them is for $20 for a power supply.  Twice, I did have to send a 
laptop in to them for repair.  It was back in 1 week.  (The last one, was to 
give me a new display).


On Tuesday 23 September 2003 09:17, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> I can't, with any degree of conscience, recommend a Dell laptop for
> anyone who actually wants to use it. Of my clients that have laptops,
> about half have Dells and they are constantly having "issues". About a
> third have IBM Thinkpads. They have no problems (except the bozo that
> poured a drink in his, then pulled off the keys to clean up the mess and
> found out they won't go back on:). I use IBM Thinkpads. They are rock
> solid machines. With some effort, even the modem can be made to work.
> Emperor Linux in Smyrna sells Thinkpads with Linux pre-installed.
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