Well, I'll throw in my 2 cents concerning the $160 XIGraphics server. I
have no technical complaints with it, but I have found their customer
service people to be completely incompetent. I'll summarize my trial: I
ordered the server; they sent the wrong one; I sent it back; they said
they would send the right one; they didn't; I called them; they said
they would send it right away; they did send it at all; I called them
back. This process repeated several times. At a number of points, the
XIG representative said, "Let me check on this and I'll send you email
later today." He never did. I eventually got the server. XIG did not
charge me postage but they charged me the full value for the product
(less my student discount). I complained and asked for a discount for
getting jerked around by incompetent dinks. They said no. Furthermore,
they had the impudence to imply that I was responsible for being shipped
the wrong product in the first place and they were gracious enough to
"help me select the right product."
Of course, I ordered from XIG directly. You will certainly have a
better experience ordering XIG products from a reseller, but I am soured
on XIG for good.
I understand that if you have an chip set not supported by XF86 you have
no place else to turn, but I would try to avoid XIG at all costs. They
appear to be amateurs.
E
Dave Teter writes:
> Agree with the chuckle, but the Inspiron 7000 has
> the ATI Rage Pro LT, *not* a Neomagic chip.
> As far as I know, the ATI LT chip is not yet supported
> by XF86.
>
> I don't consider $160 to be that much money given the
> performance I'm getting.
>
> raistlin wrote:
>
> > *Chuckle* I think the idea of an easy install, linux, and a laptop is an
> > oximoron, but we won't go there..>:)
> >
> > Actualy, let me put it this way...I don't think you HAVE to spend the money
> > on the Xserver, I've heard many good reports on RedHat's Neomagic Xserver.
> > It WILL probably be a bit harder to install than the standard $160
> > package, but it's worth it to go through a little more hastle to save $160.
> > As far as NT goes, whether it's a hack or not (and I stand corrected, let
> > me put it this way, Dell doesn't support NT on inspirons..but NT can be
> > installed on it, to possibly good results. I just have a stricter
> > definition of hack than most...if I have to spend extra money or especialy
> > install drivers for a completely different machine to get it to work, I
> > define it as a hack..:) ) I'm not sure if you should canel your order or
> > not...but I'm not sure I would before that 30 day period...inspirions are
> > great laptops, it's just their support for anything but win95 or win98
> > sucks big.
> >
> > Douglas Wagner
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Van Ammers, Marnix [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 1998 5:52 PM
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: Should I cancel my i7K order?
> >
> > Looking for recommended Linux laptops.
> >
> > Geez,
> >
> > After listening to this group for about a week I'm worried about having
> > ordered an inspiron 7000 about 10 days ago.
> >
> > I wanted to be able to run Win95 and linux for sure and maybe NT. But I
> > understand the i7K has a winmodem which won't work in linux. Then I heard
> > you need to buy a $160 X server to get X working. And now I hear NT is
> > (almost) a hack to get working.
> >
> > I understand I have 30 days after my i7K order arrives during which I can
> > decide to return it for a refund. So I suppose I could cancel the order
> > now
> > if I find something more suitable to my needs.
> >
> > Do any of you have recommendations for a nice laptop (at least 14.1" XGA
> > TFT
> > screen, 64Mb RAM, 4Gb Hd, 56K modem, good sound, good graphics) which works
> > very well and very easily with Linux and which will also work win win98 and
> > NT?
> >
> > Marnix A. van Ammers
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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