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> > >>> I just finished installing Gentoo on a Dell Vostro |
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> > Now that it's working how do you like the screen, size, etc? That's one |
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> > of the laptops I've been considering. |
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> You just have to admire and honest (Dell) company.... |
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I had a Dell laptop a few years back. It was the reason for maybe 2 years I |
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didn't have a PC at all (which is very strange for my life). I think almost |
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every single component on it broke in a matter of 18-24 months. It was |
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purchased through a university, and I think the IT department must have |
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thought I was using it as a frisbee on a regular basis . A friend around |
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the same time had a different model and it was also a pile. |
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Not that N=2 statistics mean anything, of course. Not sure anymore, but |
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Dell was built on two basic policies: 1) Make profit by cutting out the |
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middle man (you had to order things directly from Dell) 2) Buy the cheapest |
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(crappiest) parts in bulk and assemble. |
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I'm using Apple now, and aside from an entourage of complaints on the |
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"assume user is an idiot" (fixed by running Linux) and proprietary hardware |
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(everything can be hacked), the beast is rock solid. Of course, one of my |
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friends has the exact same model laptop and he had to ship it back like |
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three times, so...who knows? |
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Then again, the price of Vostros will blow Macbooks out of the water. I |
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guess you could just buy two Dells and cannibalize one when the |
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keyboard/powersupply/harddrive/optical drive/usb port/ethernet port/screen |
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hinge breaks (a short list of my old Dell problems). |
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Regards, |
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daid |
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