[PLUG] Hate to bother everyone, but I'm in a laptop bind...
Darkhorse
plug_0 at robinson-west.com
Mon Aug 2 15:23:02 UTC 2004
I looked at the iBook at CompUSA out at Jantzen beach and I
have to say despite it not being a PC that it would probably
fit me better than my Inspiron 5100 Dell. It's only six months
old. I got it to run maple, Redhat version. Why use Linux?
The XP version of maple locks up frequently. That and the
fact that I'd rather program in a Unix environment than a
Windows one. I haven't actually tried the XP version of
maple on this Dell.
How can I sell this machine for anything if I can't transfer
the license? One outfit suggested that I put it to factory
default so that I can get any hardware problems fixed. I
doubt it has any hardware problems. How am I supposed to
put it to factory settings though? I'd imagine that a
Dell certified shop can do that.
I emailed Dell customer support with the problem, but I get
the sense that I'm probably going to be on my own here.
It's an Inspiron 5100
The service tag is: 3WWPL41
The Express Service Code is: 8520206113
I tried to use the service tag, make, and model to get
hardware information. The modem wasn't included in the
information I found, though I don't need to support it.
The information wasn't very good though. It looks like
ATI made a custom video card for it.
If anyone wants to look at the information in hopes of
coming up with good compatibility advice I think you
can go to Dell.com. You probably have to have my
login though.
Is there a Linux on Dell business in the Portland area
that can do professional installation work?
-- Michael Robinson
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