Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:09:03 +0100, Mick wrote: I would seek a refund for the MSWindows OS that it comes preinstalled with. (This is a blatant case of software bundling with their products and the refusal to cough up a refund when requested remains incompatible with European Directive

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 25/06/2015 15:06, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:09:03 +0100, Mick wrote: I would seek a refund for the MSWindows OS that it comes preinstalled with. (This is a blatant case of software bundling with their products and the refusal to cough up a refund when requested remains

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-25 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 24 Jun 2015 19:16:01 Alan McKinnon wrote: On 24/06/2015 19:35, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: On Wed, Jun 24 2015, Alan McKinnon wrote: One more thing I can add: From observation, I can say that Dell has 2 or more grades of kit they sell: 1. Cheap shit. You find these in

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-25 Thread gottlieb
On Thu, Jun 25 2015, Mick wrote: On Thursday 25 Jun 2015 16:06:31 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:36:36 -0400, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: The XPS 13 at least is available as a Developer Edition that comes with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS instead of Windows. I dual boot windows and

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-25 Thread gottlieb
On Thu, Jun 25 2015, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:09:03 +0100, Mick wrote: I would seek a refund for the MSWindows OS that it comes preinstalled with. (This is a blatant case of software bundling with their products and the refusal to cough up a refund when requested remains

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-25 Thread gottlieb
On Thu, Jun 25 2015, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 25/06/2015 15:06, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:09:03 +0100, Mick wrote: I would seek a refund for the MSWindows OS that it comes preinstalled with. (This is a blatant case of software bundling with their products and the refusal

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-25 Thread gottlieb
On Thu, Jun 25 2015, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:36:36 -0400, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: The XPS 13 at least is available as a Developer Edition that comes with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS instead of Windows. I dual boot windows and gentoo. The quotes are there since my current

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-25 Thread Mick
On Thursday 25 Jun 2015 16:06:31 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:36:36 -0400, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: The XPS 13 at least is available as a Developer Edition that comes with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS instead of Windows. I dual boot windows and gentoo. The quotes are there since my

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 23/06/2015 18:53, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: On Sun, Jun 21 2015, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 21/06/2015 21:16, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: I am seriously thinking of updating my dell 6430s laptop purchased 3 years ago. NYU has an arrangement with dell so that is the only maker I am considering.

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 24/06/2015 19:35, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: On Wed, Jun 24 2015, Alan McKinnon wrote: One more thing I can add: From observation, I can say that Dell has 2 or more grades of kit they sell: 1. Cheap shit. You find these in supermarkets and Walmart. It's just as crappy as all the other

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-24 Thread gottlieb
On Wed, Jun 24 2015, Alan McKinnon wrote: One more thing I can add: From observation, I can say that Dell has 2 or more grades of kit they sell: 1. Cheap shit. You find these in supermarkets and Walmart. It's just as crappy as all the other cheap shit around with the same bargain basement

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-23 Thread Christopher Jones
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 21, 2015, at 3:16 PM, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: I am seriously thinking of updating my dell 6430s laptop purchased 3 years ago. NYU has an arrangement with dell so that is the only maker I am considering. This machine will be essentially gentoo only (I

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-23 Thread gottlieb
On Sun, Jun 21 2015, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 21/06/2015 21:16, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: I am seriously thinking of updating my dell 6430s laptop purchased 3 years ago. NYU has an arrangement with dell so that is the only maker I am considering. This machine will be essentially gentoo only (I

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-23 Thread gottlieb
On Tue, Jun 23 2015, Christopher Jones wrote: Sent from my iPhone Regarding the touch screens/tablets, Gentoo has drivers for them. I've been using Gentoo on my tablet PC for years now. However there's no swipe capability. I've read someone who did it but that was just one person and

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-23 Thread Daniel Frey
On 06/23/2015 10:50 AM, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: On Tue, Jun 23 2015, Christopher Jones wrote: Sent from my iPhone Regarding the touch screens/tablets, Gentoo has drivers for them. I've been using Gentoo on my tablet PC for years now. However there's no swipe capability. I've read someone

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-23 Thread gottlieb
On Tue, Jun 23 2015, Daniel Frey wrote: On 06/23/2015 10:50 AM, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: On Tue, Jun 23 2015, Christopher Jones wrote: Sent from my iPhone Regarding the touch screens/tablets, Gentoo has drivers for them. I've been using Gentoo on my tablet PC for years now. However there's

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-21 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 21/06/2015 21:16, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: I am seriously thinking of updating my dell 6430s laptop purchased 3 years ago. NYU has an arrangement with dell so that is the only maker I am considering. This machine will be essentially gentoo only (I configure my computers to dual boot some

[gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-21 Thread gottlieb
I am seriously thinking of updating my dell 6430s laptop purchased 3 years ago. NYU has an arrangement with dell so that is the only maker I am considering. This machine will be essentially gentoo only (I configure my computers to dual boot some version of windows for ease in dealing with dell