At Thu, 7 Jan 2010 14:49:40 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > > On 1/7/2010 1:14 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > >> > >> Low-end (read: cheap) Dell laptops tend to be junk. Dell is somewhat > >> between a rock and a hard place WRT selling computers with an O/S > >> *other* then MS-Windows, due to M$ OEM licensing. Also, Dell (and other > >> makers) have had troubles with people chosing the *cheaper* Ubuntu > >> computers only to discover that MS-Windows software not working on them > >> and returning them as 'defective' (this is probably a mis-information > >> issue by the marketing people). > > > > I don't think the return issue is actually true: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/12/dell_reality_linux_windows_netbooks/ > > I'd agree though that the low-end Dells have quality issues. Though I > haven't returned any of the five or so Inspirons that I've purchased, > all of them have had issues that required in-warranty repair. These > range from physical sound issues, hinges popping open, unequal LCD > illumination, and DVD Reader failures. The two XPSs I own have been > rock solid, however. The Inspirons run CentOS well though. Just about all of the low-end Dell boxes (laptops or desktops) tend to be low-quality boxes -- you gets what you pay for. Higher end Dells seem to be OK (eg 'Workstations', servers, etc.). > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/