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