mw, 2002-Oct-22 19:48 +0200: > Hello again. > One more question is about Dell Laptops. > According to information from linux-laptop.net, they are in common ok for > linux. I watch especially for insprons from 4000 and the cpx-series from 500 > onward, which seem to be 'recent' enough and well supported. > But there's one report about a cpx 750 which showed many hardware failures. > Dell changed some pieces ( like HD and mainboard - i don't refer to the > batterie-callback action ) regarding to warranty. > However, i look for a used one, so i can't claim warranties... > > Is there something well-known about any hardware lacks on dell's, especially > the cpx-series ? > And also, is it true that ibm-HD's are suspicious in this way ? > > I think it's quite a common task, and i should read up the archives. > But i'm not very good in recherche, and are supposed to act soon. > Perhaps someone could provide me at least a good link.... > > > -- > Michl.
Hey Michl, I've had a cpx 750 J series for 2.5 years now. It's running woody, 2.4.19 kernel (custom), and it runs very nicely. I've had the mb replaced 2 times, once for a keyboard problem where certain keys stopped working (I'd tweak the case and they would work again) where I the keyboard was replaced as well; and once for a suspected problem with the battery contacts (but that was a false alarm). The HD has had no problems, but it's load. I use noflushd to spin it down. XFree86 4.1 with the ati driver is solid. USB works perfectly for mouse and smartmedia reader. APM works nicely as well. I usually suspend it when not in use and when I'm on the road. I've gone up to 3 months without rebooting and had over 30 days of uptime (the time not suspended) during that timeframe. I've gone through a bunch of batteries, but when I had 2 good 3600mAh batteries I could go 6-8 hours continued usage. The video isn't the best with only 8Mb of video memory, don't expect to run gltron in it's full glory. However, for production work, it's fine. I hope this helps, jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
