<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; FONT: 10pt Arial; MARGIN-LEFT: 2px">
<DIV>Happy 21st, mine was on the 11th (too old to tell).</DIV>
<DIV>Anyway I've always bought IBM since many moon ago and have never been
disappointed with the system. Question you need to ask is which one has
the features you'll use. Why pay for something that you will never use or
have no need. Also as for as reliability, how will being without it
(because of repairs) affect you? lastly what can you afford.</DIV>
<DIV>Personally, I've never had and still don't have much faith in Dell systems,
too much cheap junk and they always seems to fail. Client purchased
several Dell units recently and had to have the Dell technician in a couple
of times already. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Keep something in mind with IBM and that is they have good support for the
Linux OS, not sure of what Dell offers.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>JLM<BR><BR>>>> woodsb02@iinet.net.au 1:08:32 pm 11/07/2005
>>><BR>Hey guys,<BR><BR>I am buying a new laptop for my 21st birthday
(yesterday).<BR><BR>2 Options: Dell or IBM.<BR>Summary: Dell gives better
features for cheaper (and can
customize!)<BR> IBM has a record
for higher quality but at expense of $$$!<BR><BR>Dell Laptop: <BR><A
href="http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/notebooks_Q2_W11_2005-">http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/notebooks_Q2_W11_2005-</A><BR>07-09_inspn_9300_M510729?c=au&l=en&s=dhs<BR><BR>Price:
$3,073 ( minus $150 discount i get for working at Tyco)<BR>CPU: Intel Centrino
Mobile 2.0 GHz, 2Mb Cache, 533 FSB<BR>RAM: 1 GHz<BR>VIDEO: 256 Mb nVidia GeForce
6800<BR>CD/DVD: 8X Max DVD+/-RW Combo Drive with Dual Layer Write
Capabilities<BR>SCREEN: 17" Wide Screen UXGA TFT Display (1920x1200
res)<BR>NETWORK: 10/100 and 802.11g wireless<BR>HDD: 100Gb<BR><BR>I know a guy
that works for a IBM distributing company.<BR>He is gonna come back with a price
for us on an IBM laptop.<BR>Dont know the specs on it yet.<BR>He said we can get
it for cost price... so i imagine it will be a similar <BR>price as this Dell
one.<BR><BR>What do you guys reckon of dell laptops in
general?<BR>Ibm?<BR><BR>Is the graphics card linux compatible?<BR>Will need to
recompile the kernel for nvidia?<BR><BR>cheers<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>From: Benjamin
Woods<BR>woodsb02@iinet.net.au<BR>Registered Linux User #372573
<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>PLUG discussion list:
plug@plug.org.au<BR><A
href="http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug">http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug</A><BR>Committee
e-mail: committee@plug.linux.org.au<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>