On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 06:11:55PM +0200, ASAF HALILI wrote:
> I also looking for new laptop,
> I checked few laptops about the linux support and i asked at whatsup about
> the dell inpiron 6400,
> the laptop i will probably buy, here is the thread:
> http://www.whatsup.co.il/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=251575
> this dell is at reasonable price and with good performance,

Just make sure that you understand the warranty. It may only be valid
in Israel, or if you buy it in the U.S. it may only be valid in
the U.S.

You also have to be careful that the computer you buy is the computer
you want. DELL does not make their laptops, they farm it out to several
manufacturers in the "Pacific rim". Each manufacturer has to fulfill
certain requirments with their products and all versions of the same
model take the same battery, power adaptor etc, but they may have
different internal parts, chip sets, etc.

Computers are imported in batches. If a batch runs out, the next 
batch may be a different submodel as the manufacturer moved on
to different chips, or they came from a different manufacturer.

I don't know how things work here, when I lived in the U.S. things
were rated by a magazine called "Consumer Reports" (similar to Which?
for the Brits on this list). By the time consumer reports got around
to testing consumer electronics including computers, they were
already discontinued by the manufacturer. 

Things that were rated "best buy" were often really "impossible buy".

Geoff.

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