Re: [Discuss] Dell

2011-07-17 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 07/16/2011 03:29 PM, Tom Metro wrote: Jerry Feldman wrote: While Dell does make decent consumer grade PCs, I still question their servers. I thought the general consensus was that the reverse was true. I've had limited dealings with Dell, and they haven't left me with a positive

Re: [Discuss] Dell

2011-07-17 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Feldman Recently one of my coworkers was complaining that his Dell Laptop temps were running very high. He also wanted to adjust the fan speed, but there was no BIOS

Re: [Discuss] Dell

2011-07-17 Thread Gordon Marx
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Edward Ned Harvey b...@nedharvey.com wrote: Point is to say... These are just individual data points, not really valid to use as the basis for generalizations.  We apparently all have different experiences. The plural of anecdotes is not data*. Gordon *for

Re: [Discuss] Dell

2011-07-17 Thread Chris O'Connell
Hey Guys, I have one old Compaq Proliant server, I think it's a ML280 G3 or something. It's been working for many years with NO trouble. I also have 3 Dell servers. Most of our critical applications work off from these Dells. As a result I'm a little more familiar with the Dell servers than