I've heard that they do work. More info at http://www.linmodems.org/ On Wed, 2001-12-12 at 12:55, James Spinti wrote: > I'm looking to give our outside sales reps laptops (about 24). I have been > avoiding Dell for the reasons cited. I am looking at ThinkPad's, but would > like to know whether or not the modems work under Linux. The sales guy > couldn't tell me. Anybody know which models work well? > > Thanks, > > James Spinti > jspinti at dartdist.com > 952-368-3278 x396 > fax 952-368-3255 > > |-----Original Message----- > |From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org > |[mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Mary Ayala > |Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 7:06 AM > |To: 'tclug-list at mn-linux.org' > |Subject: RE: [TCLUG] Notebook advertised w/o Windows pre-installed > | > | > |We buy exclusively Dell, and our sales force all have Dell laptops. The > |ones with the most problems are the 7500 (DVD not working > |correctly) and the > |3500's. Other then that we haven't had too many problems. But we do buy > |the 3 and now the 4 year extended care warranty - just in case. > | > |-----Original Message----- > |From: Paul Rech [mailto:rechpj at bitstream.net] > |Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 6:46 AM > |To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > |Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Notebook advertised w/o Windows pre-installed > | > | > |On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 11:36:57PM -0600, Austad, Jay wrote: > |> I don't know about Dell laptops... We buy them for our people who need > |> them, and we've had quite a bit of problems with them. Keys going bad, > |bad > |> cdrom, battery failing after only a couple of months, sketchy problems > |that > |> just require a whole replacement from Dell. If you get one, > |make sure you > |> get the 3 year warranty, you'll probably need it. > | > |I'll second that motion. > | > |I've got the Inspiron 7500 and I've needed the 3 year warranty many times. > |To their credit, they came to the house next day service, no questions > |asked. > | > |Even with the excellent service I received from Dell, I'm switching to IBM > |laptops. > | > |-- > |Paul Rech > |pauljrech at acm.org > |rechpj at bitstream.net > |prsyscon at real-time.com > |_______________________________________________ > |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > |Minnesota > |http://www.mn-linux.org > |tclug-list at mn-linux.org > |https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > |_______________________________________________ > |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > |Minnesota > |http://www.mn-linux.org > |tclug-list at mn-linux.org > |https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > | > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >