11 Mar
2007
11 Mar
'07
1:42 a.m.
On Saturday 10 March 2007 11:50 pm, david wrote:
Frank wrote:
I drive used cars. And I'm starting to think that may be a good strategy
to use with computers. HP, I'd have a bias because of all the HP stuff
I used in the 70's. IBM; I spent many years there. Recently bought a
used thinkpad. Installing linux for travel with audio. So far so good
on getting it going but I'm moving slow due to ... other energy drags
and no chance to travel.
My wifes experience with a dell laptop, and my reseach of their known
problems with sound, makes me think I'd never buy one.
I started doing techi stuff back in the 60's; seen a lot of change in
computing and music/audio. The pace of change in hardware and computing
methods is both fascinating and scary today. We're sailing in a tide
with lots of coral and swirls.
For now I'll take an "old, outdated system" that works for me rather
than the latest, greatest.
But I'm just a sax player, ex-tech geek, who just wants music to work
via my computer.
Marv
PS: My new mouse just ate my alsa sound on Songbird.
david wrote:
My opinion of HP/Compaq is based on my verifiable experience with
them. Not a preconception.
My experience with Dell - having spent 11 years on a corporate Help
Desk during the time the corporation switched from IBM Thinkpads to
Dell laptops - is also based on facts. The number of hardware
problems reported to the help desk for Dell laptops was five times
higher than we had reported for the IBM laptops. Even OLD Thinkpads
had fewer problem reports than NEW Dell laptops.
That may have changed since IBM is no longer the quality determiner
for their old brand. carmen wrote:
If you're in the habit of occasionally challenging your
preconceptions do this little experiment: Visit Dell, just for
convenience - or pick another if you wish, and configure a laptop
with the same features and specs as a MacBook Pro - ignore the
elegance of the OS and its heart of BSD...even ignore the
simplicity and speed with which it runs multiple GNU/Linux distros
in nothing more difficult or risky than a simple file constituting
a Parallels Desktop VM, and get back to us with either a
verification of your comparison factor or a new-found appreciation
for the value of opinions based upon verifiable facts. On Fri Mar 09, 2007 at 07:43:00PM -1000, david
wrote:
> ljc(a)internet.com.uy wrote:
>> hello list, i intend to buy a new laptop, and i'm undecided
>> <snip>
if Apple is selling a notebook for $1099 and HP is selling the
same thing for $599, i'd get the HP - call me crazy
HP is NOT selling the same quality as Apple. You get what you pay
for.