[FredLUG] Re: Laptop recommendations?

[Brian Maddox]

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 07:19:27AM -0400, Brian Maddox wrote:
> > I'd third or forth the Dell recommendation.  You might want to pick up
> Complete
> > Care too since it seems to alleviate many headaches when dealing with
> Dell's
> > tech support.
> >
> >
> > Also beware that some of their laptops have the "Button o' Death"
> disguised as
> > the Media Direct button.  Either make sure you don't press the button or
> pop up
> > the cover and snip the lead to the button.  :)
>
> Actually, it's easier than that -- just 'cat /dev/zero > /dev/sda' in
> a rescue session, then install as desired.  I had this exact problem
> with my Dell XPS M1330 (which I love and recommend in the all-Intel
> version).
>
>
True.  But cutting the trace is a much more fulfilling form of revenge to it
;)



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