Price wise, there are better bargains then Dells. I have learned to buy systems for what you need now and not try to anticipate what you will need in two years.
Please note this is my new email address. Any mail that you get from previous addresses may not be sent by me. Robert Mark Wallace 60 Delaware Road Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 Tel: (845) 566-0586 USA Cell (845) 541-7396 Can Cell (902) 314-4521 -----Original Message----- From: ew <[email protected]> To: mhvlug <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Feb 5, 2011 9:16 am Subject: Re: [mhvlug] Looking for a new laptop to buy. Is Dell a four letter word? I'm just curious why it has not been suggested. Personally I'm not a big fan of Dell, but their entire product line is not junk. As suggested by others, getting business machines may be a more reliable solution. I just wanted to point out a crazy, sexy-cool lineup. The Dell Vostro V130 model comes with Ubuntu 10.04. It's a nice portable machine with great looks! Check it out, http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/vostro-v130/fs Of course if you need more horsepower, and an optical drive they do have other options. I had the pleasure of checking out the earlier version almost two years ago, and I was green with envy. The machine just looks NICE! I also wanted to comment on the issues folks have had with sound. My current laptop is dual booting Ubuntu 10.04 and WinXP. Sometimes I find little or no sound in Ubuntu. My only fix has been to boot back in Windows and adjust the volume, which I believe caused the issue in the first place. I never tried booting a live CD to adjust the sound to see if that would work for folks not dual booting. The laptop in question is Toshiba Satellite U205-S5035. I has a hardware volume control which is spring loaded, so I figure it is more electronic, than a straight up rehostat. Eric On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 15:50 -0500, Anthony Acquanita wrote: > I've seen system76, zareason and the Thinkpads. Am I missing > anything? Anyone built a recent laptop with linux and can recommend > one? > > Right now I'm leaning towards the systems76, either the Lumar or the Pangolin. > > Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Feb 2 - Cancelled - Zimbra > Mar 2 - MHVLUG 8th Anniversary - Show and Tell > Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 2 - MHVLUG 8th Anniversary - Show and Tell Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 May 4 - Inkscape
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