[olug] Laptop suggestions?

[Obi-Wan]

> Yup, looks like a nice machine.  Anyone have any recent experience with Dell
> and/or Alienware after the Dell merger?  I know that Dell from ~2-3 years
> ago weren't great, but I would hope that Alienware hasn't gone downhill
> since their merger.  I'd like to get another 4-5 years out of this next
> laptop, but my co-workers experiences with Dells made in the past few years
> haven't made me feel too comfortable...

I'm running FC10 on a Dell XPS M1210 (tiny little laptop).  It was a
little flaky with the release candidates, but once FC10 went GA,
virtually everything has worked swimmingly (except hibernation).
Startup/shutdown is fast enough that the lack of hibernation doesn't
bother me too much.  I do wish that it would popup a warning when I
had only a few minutes battery left, rather than just dying spontaneously.

I bought this laptop used last fall, and other than needing a new
battery, all the hardware has worked perfectly.  I think it's about
two years old now.

Ubuntu 8.10's live CD seemed to work fine on it, too.

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