From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Mar 8 14:44:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from chmod.ath.cx (CC2-1242.charter-stl.com [24.217.116.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0863237B719; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 14:44:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ajh3@chmod.ath.cx) Received: by chmod.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E083DA8D2; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 16:44:13 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 16:44:13 -0600 From: Andrew Hesford To: "Jonathan M. Slivko" Cc: Andrew Hesford , FreeBSD-stable , FreeBSD-questions Subject: Re: APM Message-ID: <20010308164413.A497@cec.wustl.edu> References: <20010308162833.A388@cec.wustl.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from jslivko@datasyrge.net on Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 05:35:56PM -0500 X-Loop: Andrew Hesford Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yes, I know, but I was short on cash and wanted a simple desktop. Had I known it would cause me this much trouble (APM, buggy video with XFree86, crappy case, 4 PCI slots), I would have held out a while longer with my old Dimension XPS-T450. I'm going to start working next week, I think I'll save the processor, RAM, and PCI cards, and invest in a high-quality motherboard, a good case, and a replacement for the built-in video. Then everything will be alright. ;) On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 05:35:56PM -0500, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote: > Yea, > > The r series on Dell can be quite tricky, as they are the lowest priced > machines on the market, which ideally doesn't make for a good server. The > Dimension T's are much better for that, which is what I have both at home > and at work. > > However, on a technical note, the r's just have bad hardware most of the > time, with regards to FreeBSD anyways. So, I don't know what to say other > than that. But, on the whole, Dell is a very good company. > > -- Jonathan M. Slivko -- Andrew Hesford ajh3@chmod.ath.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message