Hi-res refurb Dell laptop. Comments?

[charles chris]

Almost all software is backward compatible.  Some manufactures may be slow
or may never provide drivers for the new OS, especially where older
hardware is concerned.

I remember many older printers did not have compatible drivers for Windows
7.

However, most times a new OS will detect and install older device drivers
automatically.

On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 2:51 AM, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> My main concern was whether the old GPU will work on newer
> distro's/kernels (with the nvidia driver)
> On Aug 4, 2012 11:29 PM, "charles chris" <cccharlz-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> Its a refurb steal!  $200  cheaper than what paid for Compaq cq50 1.9 ghz
>> dual core 1280 X 800 15.6 display in 2008.
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> 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...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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