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  From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  To  : <michaeld@senet.com.au>
  Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 09:44:16 +0930

Re: Laptop Purchase

On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 09:30:36AM +0918, michaeld@senet.com.au wrote:

> > I still fail to see why people insist on buying rubbish-quality
> > laptops when decent brand-name equivalents are out there. For God's
> > sake, just buy a Toshiba, HP, IBM, NEC or Compaq (i.e., something
> > good).
> 
> I'd include Dell in that list too - my 18 month old I5k has never given me a 
> problem and all hardware/peripherals just auto-detect under Red Hat Linux 
> perfectly :-)

Whilst the Dell laptops seem to be reasonably good in terms of the
components used, I don't believe they're built as well as, say, an IBM
or Toshiba.

I've had several laptops (in nice, big, leather laptop cases) sitting
up on the top of wardrobe-sized cupboards fall off for some
reason. When a Dell falls off, the case splits down the middle. When
an IBM falls off, you get a dent in the floor :-)

They're alright, just not quite as sturdy as I'd like.

   - andrew

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