[dundee] McKinnon, Feisty and Dell

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i have been running beryl under ubuntu for last couple of weeks. its prity
cool.


On 4/6/07, Lee Hughes <toxicnaan at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Dell do amazing deals on hardware, but if you look closely,  they skimp of
> RAM speed!
>
> Be nice to get some 3D and have berly/compviz running just for a laugh.
>
> Cheers,
> Lee
>
> *Nistur Effee <nistur at karate.com>* wrote:
>
> Ok, to start off with, I have got 2 Dell machines, my desktop, and my
> laptop, and I've had little problem with either. True their support is non
> existent if you change their system at all but the machines aren't bad. I'm
> not necessarily loyal to Dell though, it's mainly because my Dad used to buy
> my new computers and take my old one. Not that bad a trade really. Having
> split up parents has it's advantages. (Note: I never guilt tripped anyone,
> I'm not that kind of person)
>
> As for the Linux thing in terms of Dell. I can't see them having overly
> much success with it, apart from their top end servers. In general, the kind
> of people who buy Dell machines (ie my Dad) seem not to be the kind that
> would necessarily prefer a Linux machine to a windoze one. As my friend said
> "Windows works, why would I want to change?"
>
> Anyway, instead of posting twice I'll say it here. The old hardware thing
> I was talking about wasn't really supposed to be of any practical purpose,
> more for the stand at the freshers fair. Something with a sign saying
> "Annoyed your computer won't run Vista, Linux will even run on this old
> thing!" Just to prove a point if'n ya know what I'm meanin'
>
> I think that's all
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Signing out
> Nistur nistur at karate.com
>
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