[Leaplist] Latest Ubuntu version 8.10

[Bryan J. Smith]

Derek Konigsberg <octo at logicprobe.org> wrote:
> There's a reason why I flat-out refuse to buy
> "consumer-grade crap" computer 
> hardware when I have a choice.  I got this laptop from the
> business products 
> line.  There have even been times where I preferred to buy
> old used 
> business-grade hardware off eBay, rather than buy brand-new
> consumer-grade 
> hardware.

I've had the exact opposite problem with notebooks.

The consumer-graded stuff works _better_ than the professional.
Better support, longer lasting, etc...

My Lenovo Thinkpad T60 is a lemon.  One LCD panel has already
self-toasted.  Screws have been falling out.  Sucker has issues
with both RHEL 5 and Fedora 8-9.

My HP Pavilion dv9000z was virtually flawless, including the
quality of the system, while being a crapload cheaper.

Now I knew the Gateway P-7811FX had "cut corners," but no worse
than some of the Dell high-end laptops that are 60-100% more in
cost (like XPS).

But it's funny that they ship 64-bit Vista, but do not offer
support for it.  I still haven't gotten an answer on how to
load firmware updates when it requires 32-bit XP or 32-bit Vista.

And it still doesn't explain Intel's issues either.


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Bryan J Smith          Professional, Technical Annoyance
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Technology and solutions are my focus, not dragging in
assumptions, marketing and other concepts which dominate
non-community developed software, which I left long ago.


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