Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Dell XPS16 for Christmas?

2009-11-21 Thread Mick
On Friday 20 November 2009 16:43:20 Paul Hartman wrote: I would also check out the Asus G51J-A1 which is a similar set-up to the Dell. It seems to be a good package for the price too. It seems like a well priced machine which comes with two hard drives! That may consume more battery power

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Dell XPS16 for Christmas?

2009-11-20 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Sunday 15 November 2009 19:39:40 Mick wrote: I have been thinking of buying this laptop and was looking at the Gentoo Wiki which shows relatively good hardware compatibility, except for the radeon card which is now an older offering: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Dell_Studio_XPS_16

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Dell XPS16 for Christmas?

2009-11-20 Thread Mick
2009/11/20 J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org: On Sunday 15 November 2009 19:39:40 Mick wrote: I have been thinking of buying this laptop and was looking at the Gentoo  Wiki which shows relatively good hardware compatibility, except for the  radeon card which is now an older offering:

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Dell XPS16 for Christmas?

2009-11-20 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/11/20 J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org: On Sunday 15 November 2009 19:39:40 Mick wrote: I have been thinking of buying this laptop and was looking at the Gentoo Wiki which shows relatively good hardware compatibility,

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Dell XPS16 for Christmas?

2009-11-20 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Friday 20 November 2009 17:43:20 Paul Hartman wrote: On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/11/20 J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org: On Sunday 15 November 2009 19:39:40 Mick wrote: I have been thinking of buying this laptop and was looking at the

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Dell XPS16 for Christmas?

2009-11-20 Thread Stroller
On 20 Nov 2009, at 17:33, J. Roeleveld wrote: ... I've owned a couple Dell computers personally and overseen dozens of them at work and they are generally good value and perform without issues. Their business division's customer service (at least a few years ago) was pretty good, they would

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Dell XPS16 for Christmas?

2009-11-16 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: I have been thinking of buying this laptop and was looking at the Gentoo Wiki which shows relatively good hardware compatibility, except for the radeon card which is now an older offering:

[gentoo-user] [OT] Dell XPS16 for Christmas?

2009-11-15 Thread Mick
I have been thinking of buying this laptop and was looking at the Gentoo Wiki which shows relatively good hardware compatibility, except for the radeon card which is now an older offering: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Dell_Studio_XPS_16 The current spec on the UK Dell website shows 1GB ATI®