On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 07:24:26PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 18:06 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 05/19/07 10:24, mailing.lists wrote: > > [snip] > > > Not all pre-built computers are that bad. I have used Dell PCs in many > > > cases and have never had any trouble. I just checked a few sites that i > > > > What are the fan noises like on Dell PCs? Their low cost makes me > > think they're pretty loud. > > Many of them are semi-passive, with a thermal control on the fan (notice > I said fan). > Does that mean that the fan speed is hardware controlled and not OS controlled?
> I've recently had had the (dis?)pleasure of fixing one of these machines > with Vista pre-installed. I fixed it by putting Debian on it, the friend > was much happier. > Installing Debian over Windows should always be a pleasure :-) Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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