No more Dells for me

kgoings · 05-12-2009, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by MedicCook

I am completely tired of Dell and Windows. If I can save enough money up by this fall I will be moving to the other side of the computer world.

I refuse to pay the AppleTax. My next purchase will be a Lenovo Thinkpad, it will have windows but I will mostly use RedHat

05-13-2009, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by kgoings

I refuse to pay the AppleTax. My next purchase will be a Lenovo Thinkpad, it will have windows but I will mostly use RedHat

I've got colleagues who use those and are actually ok with them. That said, if it was me, I'd slap on a copy of Ubuntu and VMware Workstation to run any WinBlows I need to.

05-13-2009, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by kgoings

I refuse to pay the AppleTax. My next purchase will be a Lenovo Thinkpad, it will have windows but I will mostly use RedHat

I have used IBM/Lenovo notebooks for the last 5 years with minimal problems. I had one motherboard have an issue, and it was my fault by picking it up by one corner when open. Other than that they are rock solid. The one I am using now is 2 1/2 years old, and I don't plan on replacing it any time soon. They are great with warranty as well. They had to replace a DVD burner, and they overnighted it to me. Just one thing make sure you find the tech number for Atlanta they are the best.

WildBlueSooner · 05-13-2009, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kgoings

I refuse to pay the AppleTax. My next purchase will be a Lenovo Thinkpad, it will have windows but I will mostly use RedHat

Might be my next one as well. Although I love my Toshiba and have had no problems in 3 years (never formatted)!

cbsmokin · 05-13-2009, 01:37 PM

I only have Dell's right now. Typing on an Inspirion 6000 at the moment. It's old, has to be at least 5 years and still chugs along. I wish it was faster, but I think I have gotten my moneys worth out of it. Recently I have been kicking around the idea of buying another laptop. My wife really wants a Mac, but I don't know if it will work on my wireless system. I have to find out. Back on point is that I don't feel that Dell is necessarily the good deal they used to be. They really are not out pricing anyone anymore.

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