[wplug] Linux and laptops

[SCOTT F KIESLING]

I have a Dell Inspiron 5000, running Debian. I love it. As for service,
they don't help me with Linux, but I doubt they could manage the support
one can get from the Linux community (inlcuding and especially WPLUG),
which I think is the best computer software support going. As for service,
when my keyboard and motherboard died last semester, they had the parts
installed in about 36 hours, even though they had to manufacture and ship
the parts, which i thought was pretty good. On the phone, the service
people are usually very knowledgeable. I even talked to one tech who was
running Linux (of course he asked ME a question)!

Of course, my keyboard and motherboard DID die in the first place...

This is not a randomly sampled survey, but I bought the Dell in
the first place after a fair amount of research on price, ability to
configure, and reputation for service. I also have one of their
workstations.

Scott Kiesling

On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Randy Spark wrote:

> Questions for the LUG at large:
>
> 1:  I'm going to be purchasing a new laptop very soon and I need some
> help.  I've been looking at the available options and reviews that I can
> find, but can't make a clear decision.  From what I read, Compaq and DELL
> (if what I've been reading has any basis in fact) have been giving people
> support problems, and Compaq has been having quality control issues.  Does
> anyone have any direct experience (recently) with either of these brands
> and or customer service?
>
> 2:  Any recommendations for a purchase based on these minimum
> specs:  Duron/Athlon 850 MHz; 20 GB HD; 128 meg RAM; 13" 1024 x 768;
> DVD.  I'm looking in the price range of $1400, upgrades from these specs
> allowed across the board.  Compaq has a model that's an Athlon 1 GHz, 20
> Gb; 256 RAM (I believe), DVD/CD-RW, that I can find for $1239 currently.
>
> 3:  I remember hearing about a project to allow the running of windows apps
> on Mac, a long time ago.  Does anyone know if anything ever came of
> this?  I'd like to expand my search to Apple hardware, but have too many
> legacy Doze apps to start from scratch.  In this vein, has anyone ever
> triple booted a machine?  Apple OS, Linux and Windows?  Is this even
> possible given the differing chip architectures between Intel and
> Motorola?  It seems to me that if Linux can run on the Apple hardware, then
> Win should be able to also.  Then again I know nothing about this so I can
> be totally off base and not even know it.
>
> Any help from anyone would be welcome.
>
> Randy
>
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