<div dir="ltr">I've personally had very good experiences with Dell machines in terms of reliability, particularly laptops (my own Dell Studio 1558, which is currently running Linux Mint 14, Ubuntu 12.04, and Windows 7 in a triple-boot and still runs incredibly, even though I've had it for two years and it was a refurb when I got it). My old Dell Dimension desktop (from the early 2000's or so) is still chugging along pretty well with Debian Squeeze, and my employer uses Dells for all the workstations. Based on my own experiences, I'd therefore recommend Dell if that's something you're willing to consider.<div>
<br></div><div style>I've heard great things about System76, too, so that might be worth considering; the price point's a bit higher, but you're getting quite a bit of bang for your buck (especially that Bonobo Extreme, even at minimal configuration), and it comes with Ubuntu preinstalled, so it's going to be Linux-friendly out-of-the-box (at least, you'd think). I'm considering them for my next laptop purchase, now that I'm doing things like development and gaming under Linux and can use the souped-up hardware.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Daniel Nelson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:packetcollision@gmail.com" target="_blank">packetcollision@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><span style="font-size:12px">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.</span>
</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12px">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.</span></div>
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<p style="color:#a0a0a8">On Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Richard S. Crawford wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div><div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>
My thanks to everyone who weighed in on this question. I have much to ponder.</div>
</div><div><br><br><div>On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Chris Evans <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:axiomfinity@ymail.com" target="_blank">axiomfinity@ymail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<div dir="auto"><div>Dell is cheap but I think they use substandard parts </div><div>So you get what you pay for</div>
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<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><div><div><br>On Jan 7, 2013, at 10:42 AM, Darth Borehd <<a href="mailto:darth.borehd@gmail.com" target="_blank">darth.borehd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite">
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<div>Call Dell. They have Linux laptops and no O/S laptops (actually they come with freedos) available. <br><br><br><br><br><br><div>On 6 January 2013 10:44, jim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim@well.com" target="_blank">jim@well.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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For the last five or so years I've bought<br>
my machines from Zareason in Berkeley. I<br>
like them because they thoroughly vet the<br>
matches of distros and machines.<br>
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On Sun, 2013-01-06 at 17:00 +0100, Vincenzo Ampolo wrote:<br>
> On 01/05/2013 11:15 PM, Richard S. Crawford wrote:<br>
> > I haven't bought a new laptop in years and now I'm considering one.<br>
> > Does anyone have a preferred vendor, hopefully one where I can buy a<br>
> > laptop that doesn't have a certain OS pre-installed?<br>
> Some dells come with ubuntu ;)<br>
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