On Tue, 28 May 2002, Jeff wrote:
>
> Jeremy Zawodny, 2002-May-27 23:40 -0700:
> >
> > The Thinkpad 600E I'm using has been with me 2.5 years and is still
> > going strong. Over that time I've added memory (up to 512MB now) and
> > upgraded the disk (20GB). But it's still plenty fast for what I
Jeremy Zawodny, 2002-May-27 23:40 -0700:
> On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:50:46AM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> >
> > (And regarding the Dell vs Thinkpad I can just say that I wore out two
> > Dell boxen in less than a year, but this IBM T21 has survived more
> > than a year already (with only one h
On Tue, 28 May 2002, Jeff wrote:
>
> Jeremy Zawodny, 2002-May-27 23:40 -0700:
> >
> > The Thinkpad 600E I'm using has been with me 2.5 years and is still
> > going strong. Over that time I've added memory (up to 512MB now) and
> > upgraded the disk (20GB). But it's still plenty fast for what I
Jeremy Zawodny, 2002-May-27 23:40 -0700:
> On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:50:46AM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> >
> > (And regarding the Dell vs Thinkpad I can just say that I wore out two
> > Dell boxen in less than a year, but this IBM T21 has survived more
> > than a year already (with only one
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:50:46AM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
>
> (And regarding the Dell vs Thinkpad I can just say that I wore out two
> Dell boxen in less than a year, but this IBM T21 has survived more
> than a year already (with only one hard drive broken, some memory
> slots had to be adj
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:50:46AM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
>
> (And regarding the Dell vs Thinkpad I can just say that I wore out two
> Dell boxen in less than a year, but this IBM T21 has survived more
> than a year already (with only one hard drive broken, some memory
> slots had to be ad
Just from my personal experience, price will be a little bit more
important, I get my 800c second
hand for $750 6 months ago... it was super low and everything work, with
3 times
higher price I can get a little better laptop with a little more
speed. but for sure not
3 times and with che
Along the same line I'm using LATITUDE 800c, great laptop, 1400x1200,
wireless, ethernet, irda, sound, cdrw, dvd, ( acpi still not working
right but sleep work )
I will get the newer version that support up the 1GB of memory. My only
up to
512, but I can still run Netbeans ( memory hog ) oracle
Just from my personal experience, price will be a little bit more
important, I get my 800c second
hand for $750 6 months ago... it was super low and everything work, with
3 times
higher price I can get a little better laptop with a little more
speed. but for sure not
3 times and with ch
Along the same line I'm using LATITUDE 800c, great laptop, 1400x1200,
wireless, ethernet, irda, sound, cdrw, dvd, ( acpi still not working
right but sleep work )
I will get the newer version that support up the 1GB of memory. My only
up to
512, but I can still run Netbeans ( memory hog ) oracle
* Vivek
| On Tue, 21 May 2002, Derek Broughton wrote:
|
| > No flames from me. That pretty much sums it up - price
| > vs. quality. Not a big difference either way, but Dell IS
| > renowned for bad BIOSes. What's the status of IBM support for
| > Linux in the retail market, these days? Dell
* Vivek
| On Tue, 21 May 2002, Derek Broughton wrote:
|
| > No flames from me. That pretty much sums it up - price
| > vs. quality. Not a big difference either way, but Dell IS
| > renowned for bad BIOSes. What's the status of IBM support for
| > Linux in the retail market, these days? Dell
>if replacing the desktop is the measure then you should next ask which
>desktop?. i run the debian on the dell i8100 as a streaming server, games
>machine, audio workstation, irc client and text editor - in other words
>several desktop machines ; )
>
>this is why i 'invested' in a dell i8k, becaus
>if replacing the desktop is the measure then you should next ask which
>desktop?. i run the debian on the dell i8100 as a streaming server, games
>machine, audio workstation, irc client and text editor - in other words
>several desktop machines ; )
>
>this is why i 'invested' in a dell i8k, becau
From: "Vivek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Tue, 21 May 2002, Derek Broughton wrote:
>
> > No flames from me. That pretty much sums it up - price vs. quality.
Not a
> > big difference either way, but Dell IS renowned for bad BIOSes. What's
the
> > status of IBM support for Linux in the retail market
On Tue, 21 May 2002, Derek Broughton wrote:
> No flames from me. That pretty much sums it up - price vs. quality. Not a
> big difference either way, but Dell IS renowned for bad BIOSes. What's the
> status of IBM support for Linux in the retail market, these days? Dell
They actually ship some
3 AM
> To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Which Desktop replacement.
>
>
> > Here's a vote in favor of IBM Thinkpads over Dell machines. Not
> to start a
> > flame war, but I've had a Dell Inspiron 5000 and 8100 and currently a
> > Thinkpad A30p. Th
> Here's a vote in favor of IBM Thinkpads over Dell machines. Not to start a
> flame war, but I've had a Dell Inspiron 5000 and 8100 and currently a
> Thinkpad A30p. The engineering and build quality of the IBM machine is far
> better than the Dells. It also seems to have less of the hardware/BIOS
From: "Vivek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Tue, 21 May 2002, Derek Broughton wrote:
>
> > No flames from me. That pretty much sums it up - price vs. quality.
Not a
> > big difference either way, but Dell IS renowned for bad BIOSes. What's
the
> > status of IBM support for Linux in the retail marke
Here's a vote in favor of IBM Thinkpads over Dell machines. Not to start a
flame war, but I've had a Dell Inspiron 5000 and 8100 and currently a
Thinkpad A30p. The engineering and build quality of the IBM machine is far
better than the Dells. It also seems to have less of the hardware/BIOS
"qui
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: Which Desktop replacement.
> From: "Rob Hensley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > I recommend the Dell Inspiron 8200's. I own a 8100, and it is perfect
for
> > what I need, and
Personally, I have used the IBM ThinkPad model
A and T series with pretty good success in installing
Debian. I have a Model A21p at the moment, and
with a little twisting of IBM's arm, was able
to get the modem drivers from their internal side
since it is built in (Lucent chip set).
Another consu
On Tue, 21 May 2002, Derek Broughton wrote:
> No flames from me. That pretty much sums it up - price vs. quality. Not a
> big difference either way, but Dell IS renowned for bad BIOSes. What's the
> status of IBM support for Linux in the retail market, these days? Dell
They actually ship som
3 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Which Desktop replacement.
>
>
> > Here's a vote in favor of IBM Thinkpads over Dell machines. Not
> to start a
> > flame war, but I've had a Dell Inspiron 5000 and 8100 and currently a
> > Thinkpad A30p. The engin
From: "Rob Hensley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I recommend the Dell Inspiron 8200's. I own a 8100, and it is perfect for
> what I need, and what you asked for. The only problem is...are you looking
> for something small and thin with a 15" lcd? if so, then you don't want
> Dell :) Dell's are known for
> Here's a vote in favor of IBM Thinkpads over Dell machines. Not to start a
> flame war, but I've had a Dell Inspiron 5000 and 8100 and currently a
> Thinkpad A30p. The engineering and build quality of the IBM machine is far
> better than the Dells. It also seems to have less of the hardware/BIOS
Barron Stewart wrote:
Hi
I am looking to purchase a laptop with at least 15" display, which should be
able to run Debian as well as windows.
I would be gratefull if anyone could recomend a suitable machine, preferably
with some configuration instructions.
cheers
Stewart
Check out http://ww
I recommend the Dell Inspiron 8200's. I own a 8100, and it is perfect for
what I need, and what you asked for. The only problem is...are you looking
for something small and thin with a 15" lcd? if so, then you don't want
Dell :) Dell's are known for there some what "luggable" laptops. As far as
con
Here's a vote in favor of IBM Thinkpads over Dell machines. Not to start a
flame war, but I've had a Dell Inspiron 5000 and 8100 and currently a
Thinkpad A30p. The engineering and build quality of the IBM machine is far
better than the Dells. It also seems to have less of the hardware/BIOS
"qu
ughton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: Which Desktop replacement.
> From: "Rob Hensley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > I recommend the Dell Inspiron 8200's. I own a 8100, and it is perfect
for
>
Personally, I have used the IBM ThinkPad model
A and T series with pretty good success in installing
Debian. I have a Model A21p at the moment, and
with a little twisting of IBM's arm, was able
to get the modem drivers from their internal side
since it is built in (Lucent chip set).
Another cons
From: "Rob Hensley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I recommend the Dell Inspiron 8200's. I own a 8100, and it is perfect for
> what I need, and what you asked for. The only problem is...are you looking
> for something small and thin with a 15" lcd? if so, then you don't want
> Dell :) Dell's are known for
Barron Stewart wrote:
> Hi
> I am looking to purchase a laptop with at least 15" display, which should be
> able to run Debian as well as windows.
>
> I would be gratefull if anyone could recomend a suitable machine, preferably
> with some configuration instructions.
>
> cheers
> Stewart
>
>
I recommend the Dell Inspiron 8200's. I own a 8100, and it is perfect for
what I need, and what you asked for. The only problem is...are you looking
for something small and thin with a 15" lcd? if so, then you don't want
Dell :) Dell's are known for there some what "luggable" laptops. As far as
co
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