Re: Linux on the Cheapest Laptops

robertharvey_at_my-deja.com
Date: 08/20/05

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    Jim wrote:
    > All four of my Dell laptops have both track and touch.

    Ye glods, talk about a glutton for punishment. My boss persists in
    buying them, cos they are cheap, and the reason for that is horribly
    obvious.

    This one runs hot, won't boot properly unless I pop the DVD drive from
    the multi-bay on the left, the screen has been damaged by the keyboard
    because I had the temerity to close the lid, and it came without
    windows disks. I've had two power supplies in 3 months, and the USB
    has blown up. Dell's on-site maintainence turns up OK, but never has
    any spares and they take weeks to arrive for me to fit myself.

    Oh, and the cursor drifts all over the screen even when no-one is
    touching either of the two ghastly pointing devices.

    If I had one Dell, I can't imagine any circumstances in which I could
    end up with 4, apart from strange and innovative form of community
    punishment.

    It does run suse and mandriva nicely, apart from closing the lid.

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