[LBo] Darter Laptop for Linux

[Lonnie Mullenix]

On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 08:03 -0400, Anita Lewis wrote:
> On 03/18/2007 03:38 PM Anita Lewis wrote:
> > I ordered this morning, but got the Darter instead of the Gazelle.  A
> > fine person on this list pointed it out to me.
> > 
> > http://system76.com/index.php/cPath/1_70?osCsid=b50faed46f0bc3c8a4745e392609aca2
> > 
> > It should be on the way in 5 days since they build as they are ordered.
> >  Due to the manufacturing process, I was unable to get it partitioned as
> > I wanted, but I talked to the guy there today and he said they would be
> > happy to walk me through it.
> 
> I received my System76 Darter Laptop over a week ago now.  I love it.  I
> was unable to use the built-in microphone at first, but I checked on
> their help site and then over to their space on Ubuntu's forums, and
> found the answer quickly.
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> Anita
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Wow, been doing some comparison shopping between the System 76 laptops
and what Best Buy on line has to offer.  What I ended up finding is that
for apples to apples and oranges to orange, the System 76 are right in
there.

The Darter series compares Very closely with the Apple Mac Book, and
dollar for dollar, the Mac is a bit less money and the System 76 is a
pound lighter.

Going up to the Serval series compared to a Lenova with comparable
specs, the Serval is a bit less money(with a slightly smaller HD) but
the Lenova is a pound lighter.

So, the only real down side that I would see is that the System 76 costs
the same with a free OS as do the Mac and the Lenova with there respect
Mac OS X and Windows Vista.

BUT, and this is a Very large item, tech support for the free OS is
free, unlike Mac and Windows support.  AND, add to that the fact that if
you were to buy a brand new computer from one of the top name OEMs, you
will pay the same amount whether you get it with windows or just Free
DOS, if the specs are the same.

My conclusion is that Anita has made a Very good purchase on what we all
hope will be a high quality laptop.

Later,

Lonnie

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