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Now, in similar circumstance
differing in that I've seen few Window glitches, but a small number of Dell missteps, with faulty power cords, below par power supplies and the dread amber flashing light, sudden keyboard death, and as far as OSes go, have had a harder time getting Fedora Linux and Mandrake to play well with the BIOS, the soundcard, and video on Dell desktops and worst with the CPi and C800 Latitudes than ever with Windows. To each their own mileage.

And Dell handily beat the machines we replaced, Gateway (to hell), which had a PC breakdown ever other week and a logbook full of tech calls for the same dead monitor/video issues and harddrive failures. And the BSODs, but early on, we noted that it was video drivers that through the most of those . .
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It was a so-so effort  Boot_Agnostic | 02/06/06
Dumb Junk (err DJ) nice to see you go  ITGuy04 | 02/06/06
I'd rather  Shelendrea | 02/06/06
Dell is OK!  bmeacham98@... | 02/06/06
Now, in similar circumstance  Boot_Agnostic | 02/06/06
5-6 year old laptops  doh123 | 02/07/06
Only get to tweak the installed OS(es)  Boot_Agnostic | 02/07/06
Good design is not so easy  tic swayback | 02/06/06
Microsoft will find out the same thing.  nucrash | 02/06/06
Nor is good marketing!  NonZealot | 02/06/06
Dream On  GoPower | 02/06/06
Ipod is an over priced piece of junk  Mectron | 02/06/06
You sound bitter  GoPower | 02/06/06
Marketing is a part of it  tic swayback | 02/07/06
Just ripped Dell rep a new one...  Mike Cox | 02/06/06
Coffee & Scones  Benton Rich | 02/06/06
Mike Cox  Louisiana oilman | 02/06/06
I am just amazed, as well  b.d.hi | 02/06/06
Agreed 100%  NonZealot | 02/06/06
Old bit?  Benton Rich | 02/06/06
Or  tic swayback | 02/07/06
Like facing the 800lb Gorilla  tjhorne | 02/06/06
I, for one, am sorry to hear this  Confused by religion | 02/06/06
You should read up  ITGuy04 | 02/06/06
No, it is not...  Confused by religion | 02/07/06
its not a $100 tax  doh123 | 02/07/06
Glad you're happy, but...  tic swayback | 02/07/06
Why would I care about looks?  Confused by religion | 02/07/06
What's really amusing...  markdoc.geo | 02/07/06
We noticed  Boot_Agnostic | 02/07/06

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