[clue-tech] Laptop

[Brian Gibson]

Dell has changed tunes.  They sell 4 laptops with Ubuntu pre-installed starting at $549 so no installation headaches or hardware that doesn't work.

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs





----- Original Message ----
From: Peter Kuykendall <peterkuykendall at hotmail.com>
To: CLUE tech <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 5, 2008 10:01:00 PM
Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Laptop

 
I forgot to mention that as of last November Dell 
was pretty Linux-hostile.  I had no choice but to pay for either Vista or 
XP, and there was ZERO support for Linux by Dell for this model.
 
Once I got it (XP) I imaged the hard drive and then 
installed Ubuntu 7.10.  That went OK but there were several annoyances in 
getting various bits and peices running properly under Linux.  Eventually I 
got it all going but it was an exercise in finding various posted solutions and 
sorting out which ones worked versus which ones did not.  It probably took 
20 hours of trial and error and fiddling to get it all running 
right.
 
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Peter Kuykendall 
To: CLUE tech 
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 7:20  PM
Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Laptop

I bought a Dell Vostro 1000 last November.   It has already suffered a failure of a spring in the left mouse button, and  also a battery failure in 2 of 3 cells.  The battery failure could  possibly be in the contacts in the chassis not picking up all of the separate  cells.
 
It's getting shipped off to the Dell service  depot in Houston tomorrow.  Luckily it was under warranty for these  failures.  Whatever fails 8 weeks from now will not be  covered.
 
I would not go near Dell with a 10 foot  pole.
 
- Pete
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Yuko Jonah 
To: clue-tech at cluedenver.org 
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 3:01  PM
Subject: [clue-tech] Laptop

I am in the market for a new laptop, what would you guys  recommend for light office/home use. been looking at hp and Toshiba. i just  want something that will not heat up so bad. Any suggestions.

-- 
Yuko Jonah

-There is no evil greater than that  committed by those who claim to do their deeds in the name of God.

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