Re: [SLUG] Sony Laptop

From: Derek Glidden (dglidden@illusionary.com)
Date: Wed Aug 22 2001 - 11:33:10 EDT


Ed Centanni wrote:
>
> Thanks, I decided to go with a refurbished Dell 5000e. Much the same
> specs but with twice the HD capacity. Seems well supported by SuSE 7.1
> (let the contradictory horror stories begin?). And yes I know about the
> battery-that-catches-on-fire recall.
>
> I'd still like to know about the FX215 in case this doesn't work out.
> It seems like a sweet machine and it's $1299 at Best Buy now.

No, we've tried the cheap Sonys and they are cheap, nasty, and prone to
failure.

We've had 150% failure rate with cheap Sony laptops. (They've all died
and one of our replacement units also failed.)

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