Hi-res refurb Dell laptop. Comments?

[Tyler Aviss]

DDR2 desktop RAM is a bit of a PITA to get at a good price. SOdimms are
easier for some reason.
For myself, I have a 2GB sodimm leftover from my old HP
On Aug 3, 2012 9:03 AM, "Digimer" <lists-5ZoueyuiTZiw5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On 08/03/2012 11:49 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>
>> 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<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<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.
>>
>
> DDR2 is going to be hard/expensive to find.
>
> It's nowhere near the price point, but if you're looking for more power,
> I've been rediculously happy with my Thinkpad W530. The new keyboard layout
> bugs me, but that's because I'm a traditionalist. They keys themselves are
> very responsive and have awesome feedback. The screen is a dream, too. I
> opted for the 1920x1080 screen. It's upgradeable to 32GB and supports the
> i7 quad core. I swapped out the HDD for an SSD after receiving it (their
> prices was unreasonable to do it at build time).
>
> Anyway, an option. As for Dell quality; I have to echo Lennart. My
> experience is very poor with Dell as a former support tech. I hated working
> on them.
>
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