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
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