[vox] New laptop

[Daniel Nelson]

The only way I would recommend Dell laptops is with the unconditional warranty for as many years as you plan to have the machine. When I had Dells, that warranty was invaluable. On average I had the screen, power supply, keyboard, bezel, dvd drive, and hard drive all replaced at least a couple times. They ship it to you in a couple days though, so it wasn't that painful.  

Still, for a great laptop experience, I can't really recommend anything other than a MacBook Pro. They run UNIX, and if you want an open-source OS, my understanding is that Ubuntu at least runs pretty well on them.  

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Daniel Nelson


On Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Richard S. Crawford wrote:

> My Dell desktop has served me well for about five years at this point. No sign of slowing down. Still, I probably won't go to them for a new laptop.
>  
> My thanks to everyone who weighed in on this question. I have much to ponder.  
>  
>  
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Chris Evans <axiomfinity at ymail.com (mailto:axiomfinity at ymail.com)> wrote:
> > Dell is cheap but I think they use substandard parts  
> > So you get what you pay for
> >  
> >  
> > Sent from my iPad
> >  
> > On Jan 7, 2013, at 10:42 AM, Darth Borehd <darth.borehd at gmail.com (mailto:darth.borehd at gmail.com)> wrote:
> >  
> > > Call Dell.  They have Linux laptops and no O/S laptops (actually they come with freedos) available.   
> > >  
> > >  
> > >  
> > >  
> > >  
> > > On 6 January 2013 10:44, jim <jim at well.com (mailto:jim at well.com)> wrote:
> > > >  
> > > > For the last five or so years I've bought
> > > > my machines from Zareason in Berkeley. I
> > > > like them because they thoroughly vet the
> > > > matches of distros and machines.
> > > >  
> > > >  
> > > > On Sun, 2013-01-06 at 17:00 +0100, Vincenzo Ampolo wrote:
> > > > > On 01/05/2013 11:15 PM, Richard S. Crawford wrote:
> > > > > > I haven't bought a new laptop in years and now I'm considering one.
> > > > > > Does anyone have a preferred vendor, hopefully one where I can buy a
> > > > > > laptop that doesn't have a certain OS pre-installed?
> > > > > Some dells come with ubuntu ;)
> > > > >
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