Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 11:57:32 +0800 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does freebsd work well on Dell Platforms? Message-ID: <20010322115732.B34088@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <E14f1zY-0006pg-00@dc.cis.okstate.edu>; from martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 09:54:44AM -0600 References: <E14f1zY-0006pg-00@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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On Monday, 19 March 2001 at 9:54:44 -0600, Martin McCormick wrote: > We plan to replace 3 Suns with high-end freebsd systems > and the University has a contract with Dell. > > Since wee can probably get the best deal on these > systems and since they seem to be generally very good, I am > asking as to whether there are any problems with running freebsd > on new high-end Dells? None that I have heard of. My impression is that Dell is a pretty good choice. I note that some people describe having had problems with Dell (for various values of "Dell", such as IBM, HP and Compaq). Without knowing what their problems were, it's difficult to determine whether the problems had anything to do with the hardware. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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