Hi-res refurb Dell laptop. Comments?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 08:41:22AM -0700, Tyler Aviss wrote:
> Hey LUG'ers,
> 
> I've currently got an Asus laptop. Beautiful power with a Core i7, 8GB
> of RAM, etc.
> 
> However, I've been doing a lot of dev work lately, and the one falling
> point I've run into is that 1366x768 isn't a lot of real-estate
> screen-size
> 
> I started looking at what's available for larger screens, and noticed
> this little guy with a 1920x1200 native LCD resolution.
> 
> http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834200599&Tpk=M6300
> 
> Obviously it's a bit older and the Core2 probably isn't going to keep
> up with my i7, but according to here the Linux compatibility is good:
>   http://www.linlap.com/wiki/dell+precision+m6300
> 
> Anyone have one of these and/or know how well it performs on a recent
> linux distro? At $267 the price is quite nice...

The specs are not bad, screen seems nice.  Of course it is a Dell laptop
and those don't exactly have a reputation of being reliable (and the
reputation is well deserved).

But it is pretty cheap.

RAM and HD is rather puny.

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Len Sorensen
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