[Sussex] Dell Precision 650

[Andrew Guard]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Dobson [mailto:SDobson at manh.com]
> Sent: 24 February 2003 11:54
> To: 'sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk'
> Subject: RE: [Sussex] Dell Precision 650
> 
> 
> Geoff
> 
> On 24 February 2003 at 11:49 Geoff Teale wrote:
> > I'm going to buy a Dell Precision 650 Workstation.  It was a 
> > long protracted buying decission, this is where I ended up, no
> > Microsoft Tax if you hunt hard enough on Dell's website!.  
> 
> Christmas has come early for some one :-)
>  
> > The machine has a built in gigabit ethernet card, but few 
> > details are given about it - it definitely works with LINUX
> > (the machine ships with Red Hat 8.0), but I'm a bit of a
> > numbskull and don't know if this will play fair on my measly
> > 10Mbit network.
> > 
> > I'm assuming this device is going to be 10/100/1000 
> > autoswitching... is that naive of me?
> 
> I'm no expert.
> 
> I'm also in two minds here.
> 
> 1). Gigabit is different part of the Linux kernel - so no (or
>     at least when in down grades it will use far to much CPU for
>     the amount of data that it handles).
> 
> 2). Dell wouldn't put something in that couldn't run with what is
>     generally out there.
> 
Phone them up and ask them, there sales team would put you in touch with
someone who's knows.  Dell's isn't my favour PC builder but at least they
are good at after sales support. 

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