[ale] Averatec

[Geoffrey]

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Tue January 24 2006 2:42 pm, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>>>The last thing I need is a Dell laptop.  I looked at emperor and
>>>if I don't want Dell then I'm kinda screwed in terms of low price.
>>> I wished they sold HP.
>>
>>Actually, I'm with you on the Dell, although a lot of folks seem to
>>like them.  I posted a while back about the hp laptop I've got.  I
>>purchased it for $499 a year ago at Christmas.  All works well,
>>expect if you attempt to put a card in the mini-pci slot.  The hp
>>bios disallows anything but their hardware. :(
> 
> actually, I have a nice new Dell XPS M140.  1G memory, 100 G HD, DVD 
> Dual layer burner, and dual boot, XP and SUSE 10.0 . I even got the 
> Intel 2915 wireless to work nicely with both users on XP and Linux. 

Personal experience with two different Dell laptops, they were a piece 
of crap.  I just wouldn't have another.  I hear a lot of issues with 
their servers as well.

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Until later, Geoffrey