Hi-res refurb Dell laptop. Comments?

[Michael Hill]

On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 7:06 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> | From: Michael Hill <mdhillca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>

> | and I switched to the M6300 as my desktop machine. The M6300 and M6400
> | are still running with their original nVidia cards; as if in
> | anticipation of your question, the one in the three-month-old M4600
> | died and was replaced by Dell this past week.
>
> I wonder if your machines too were affected by this nVidia problem.

Hugh, I'd believe that if it hadn't happened to the new one this week;
Dell/nVidia *have* to have figured out the problem in five years. Now
I just suspect the fluorescent lighting or the network cable being
connected through the phone.

Mike
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