On 23/06/2015 18:53, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > On Sun, Jun 21 2015, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 21/06/2015 21:16, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: >>> I am seriously thinking of updating my dell 6430s laptop purchased 3 >>> years ago. NYU has an arrangement with dell so that is the only maker >>> I am considering. This machine will be essentially gentoo only (I >>> configure my computers to dual boot some version of windows for ease >>> in dealing with dell support).
[...] >> So on the whole, my experience with higher-end Dell is that hardware is >> pretty much well-supported across the boards with very few gotchas. The >> only two exceptions would be wifi cards (cheap to fix) and maybe GPU >> co-processor (if you are unlucky to get an unsupported cutting edge one >> and need to wait a bit for Linux support to catch up). > > I've had similar experiences but very much appreciate the confirmation > and your comments. One more thing I can add: From observation, I can say that Dell has 2 or more grades of kit they sell: 1. Cheap shit. You find these in supermarkets and Walmart. It's just as crappy as all the other cheap shit around with the same bargain basement price. 2. Good stuff like the Precision and XPS range. You tend not to find these at Walmart, and have to go to a proper dealer for them, or your workplace has a scheme to provide them. You want category #2. But seeing as you are looking at the i7-5600U and similar, I think you are already in that bracket. Just wanted to clarify that :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
