Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:13:38 +0100 From: Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch> To: Chris Howells <howells@kde.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD support? Message-ID: <20031118111338.GA20387@lara.unibe.ch> In-Reply-To: <200311180923.06256.howells@kde.org> References: <20031118115649.58e3574f.timopie@dodo.com.au> <200311180923.06256.howells@kde.org>
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On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:23:01AM +0000, Chris Howells wrote: > Personally I can _strongly_ recommend that you do _not_ buy Dell. I ended up > taking them to court over a laptop which didn't work from the start, which > they refused to to anything about when they heard it was running Linux... > even though it was quite clearly a hardware problem. well, your fault. i also had problems with a dell which were clearly hardware problems. i bought a 4150 in high summer and it would not complete a single buildworld. i called dell two or three times, never said anything about FreeBSD, just that it didn't work and that it was a hardware problem. i also told them i switched the drive to a different laptop and everything worked there, so it HAD to be a hardware problem specific to that machine. they believed it and took back the machine. i got a full refund, even postal fees. the only caveat was that i had to wait two months and call them a few times until i got my money back. my 4100 however, which has a Pentium III, not IV as the 4150, is still running perfectly. so my advice, buy one of those Centrino Pentium M models, they should not get as hot as a standard mobile PIV. dell is nice, and offers a lot for the price. i personally favour IBM but only because I get huge discounts, which brings them down right into the dell pricerange. i would not pay full price for them. and the other advice, get as much guarantee as you can. that's important for every brand, especially dell. greets, t.
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