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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: John Blinka <john.blinka@×××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: advice sought on new laptop for Gentoo
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:40:44
Message-Id: 201009071429.10032.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: advice sought on new laptop for Gentoo by John Blinka
1 Apparently, though unproven, at 14:24 on Tuesday 07 September 2010, John
2 Blinka did opine thusly:
3
4 > > I paid the extra to get
5 > > 16:9 @ 1920x1200. Best thing I ever did laptop-wise - I can get two
6 > > webpages side by side on the screen looking very natural.
7 >
8 > Mind telling me what you got? The 1200 part sounds attractive to me.
9 >
10 > John Blinka
11
12
13 Dell XPS M1530 with nvidia GeForce 8600M GT
14
15 The machine is now 2 years ago so I reckon that nvidia has been superceded.
16 But all the high end Dells have hi-res screens as an option. You won't find
17 them on the budget and student ranges - those are cheap crap with hardware
18 specs to match.
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20 I figure that just like a top-grade mechanic should be looking at SnapOns or
21 similar in his toolbox, this here sysadmin also needs high quality tools. My
22 chief tool is my notebook.
23
24 --
25 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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