Thanks for all the comments. I'll give Dell a call and
see what happens. I don't want or need there top of
the line so that may be a problem, but we'll see.
Thanks,
Carson
--- Bpreece <bpreece1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Dell Computers will still sell a Laptop Preloaded
> with RedHat ,
> as for local none!
>
> The only reason I would choose a Dell is because
> Dell does stand behind the
> hardware. In fact the Only Name Brand I do trust.
>
> Also Dell will come to your house or business and
> Fix for up to 3 years.
> They are not
> going to go out of business for a while and usually
> within 24hrs either the
> repair tech or
> parts are in your hand.
>
> I do not know what IBM could offer. I also give this
> advice from being a
> support tech.
> When you buy a Laptop with the amount of money
> involved You should look for
> the following.
>
> Product Support! , Stick with a Name because I have
> to say this sometimes if
> the battery fails some
> of these generic marked ones you can not easily
> track a battery down to buy
> a backup one or replacement.
>
> The Company I use to work for bought 9 generic brand
> Laptops they were ESP
> then went out of business
> shortly after we purchased them. 8 of them had
> battery failure in less then
> a Year. While I found places on the net
> that said they sold batteries for ESP this model we
> got which was their
> highest rated was redesigned to use a
> different battery then what anyone had. After 3
> months of Looking and
> research I found out that they were made by Chinon
> when we contacted Chinon they said that they came
> out with this model and
> dropped it because they could no longer get
> the battery manufacture to send them batteries
> because they went out of
> business! So then we tried on final thing we tried
> to send them to 3 different places who claimed they
> could rebuild them at
> 190.00 each. They were expensive because they
> were Lithium Ion batteries which had the smart
> technology which means that
> they have a indicator on them which you can
> remove the battery and push the little button and a
> led would come on and
> tell you your power level.
>
> Any ways we paid and all 3 were returned from the
> different places which
> none of them worked and there was no promise that
> they could rebuild them. They all were split open
> only to find that the
> cells in the batteries were also too new for them to
> have.
> and they were destroyed and would not work.
>
> So then we could only use these Laptops with a
> power cord. Which defeats
> the purpose of having a Laptop.
>
> This is why I would never go with a generic unless
> you are buying extra
> batteries at the time of purchase or that you can
> cross
> reference them to a replacement available for it.
> The sad thing is we could
> have purchased Dells instead which we normally used
> but my Boss wanted to try these others. They were in
> fact more expensive
> then the Dells were as well. He just bought them on
> a
> impulse cause a magazine did a good write up on that
> model and he liked the
> looks of it.
>
> As for loading Linux your self it is no big thing if
> you spend a few days of
> research on what models are compatible with the
> Distro you intend to run. Usually a weekend is all
> you need. The ones that
> usually works fine are Compaq Persario's and
> Armada's
> Dell Inspirons and Latitudes, IBM think Pads, and Hp
> ask Robin about the
> models.
>
> While I know some use Sony Vaio's which has a
> awesome Display but the are
> not too trust worthy, and Gateway Solo's have a
> problem with the system
> clocks keeping accurate time and display bombs
> usually quick in a year or
> two.
>
> Also sometimes you can get a Refurb Dell like Ed
> Centanni did at a good
> price with warranty and parts still available,
>
> Good Luck
> Bill Preece
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carson Wilcox <carson_wilcox@yahoo.com>
> To: SLUG <slug@nks.net>
> Date: Sunday, January 27, 2002 11:22 AM
>
>
> >I'm in the market for a new laptop. While I could
> >install linux myself, I'd prefer to have it
> preloaded
> >for a couple of reasons. First if I get a laptop
> and
> >for some reason linux won't run on it, I'm stuck
> with
> >a boat anchor and I don't have a boat. Secondly I
> need
> >it for every day work and just don't have a lot of
> >time to mess with it.
> >
> >Can anyone point me to a good place, preferably in
> the
> >Tampa Bay area or if that isn't possible, some
> place
> >on line where I can look for this animal.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Carson
> >
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