Bill Freeman writes: > Can anyone offer personal experience stories on the Dell Inspirons?
I've got a Dell Inspirion 1525 that I paid $400 for at the Dell refurbished outlet (online). The machine is 3-4 years old at this point. I use it for a couple of hours most days. It's a $400 laptop. It is cheap, but it does what I need it to do. I've run Ubuntu on the system but I mostly run Fedora. In terms of hardware, the touchpad can be a little bit sensitive but I have gotten used to it. The actual material that the laptop is constructed from is cheap plastic and it has in fact developed a small crack near where the power cord plugs into the laptop. It is for this reason that I would say that this wouldn't be a great laptop to actually lug around on a regular basis -- this laptop wouldn't withstand the physical wear and tear. The screen itself is glossy ; I wish it was matte but I rarely use this thing in situations with lots of glare. In related news, I note that Woot is selling some Lenovo Thinkpad today. Hope this helps, --kevin -- alumni.unh.edu!kdc / http://kdc-blog.blogspot.com/ GnuPG: D87F DAD6 0291 289C EB1E 781C 9BF8 A7D8 B280 F24E And the Army Ants, they leave nothin' but the bones... -- Tom Waits _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
