Sparda Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 18+ Only (anger venting) Looking for a new laptop (this current one isn't even a year old, but it's a fucking piece of shit*) Looking at the Dell Ubuntu laptops, they are really tempting. [table] [tr][td]BASE[/td][td]N-Series Intel® Pentium™ Dual-Core T2130 Processor (1.86GHz,533MHz,1MB L2 cache)[/td][/tr] [tr][td]MEMORY[/td][td]2048MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024][/td][/tr] [tr][td]HARD DRIVE[/td][td]100GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive[/td][/tr] [tr][td]OPTICAL DRIVE[/td][td]Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive for N-Series[/td][/tr] [tr][td]PRIMARY BATTERY[/td][td]9 cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 Whr)[/td][/tr] [/table] My ideal laptop (above) would cost about £630 Essentially, does any one have any experience with the Inspiron 6400n series? *fucking peice of shit = { wireless is always on even when wireless switch set to off BIOS is locked down and a fucking cunt (thus I can't turn down the CPU clock speed to save power) Has a fucking crapalitius 'HD' (read 'DRM friendly') sound card thus sound input doesn't work it's only power saving feature seems to be the altering of the screen brightness (particularly since the wireless adapter is stuck on) } Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 18+ Only (anger venting) Looking for a new laptop (this current one isn't even a year old, but it's a fucking piece of shit*) Looking at the Dell Ubuntu laptops, they are really tempting. [table] [tr][td]BASE[/td][td]N-Series Intel® Pentium™ Dual-Core T2130 Processor (1.86GHz,533MHz,1MB L2 cache)[/td][/tr] [tr][td]MEMORY[/td][td]2048MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024][/td][/tr] [tr][td]HARD DRIVE[/td][td]100GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive[/td][/tr] [tr][td]OPTICAL DRIVE[/td][td]Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive for N-Series[/td][/tr] [tr][td]PRIMARY BATTERY[/td][td]9 cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 Whr)[/td][/tr] [/table] My ideal laptop (above) would cost about £630 Essentially, does any one have any experience with the Inspiron 6400n series? *fucking peice of shit = { wireless is always on even when wireless switch set to off BIOS is locked down and a fucking cunt (thus I can't turn down the CPU clock speed to save power) Has a fucking crapalitius 'HD' (read 'DRM friendly') sound card thus sound input doesn't work it's only power saving feature seems to be the altering of the screen brightness (particularly since the wireless adapter is stuck on) } What OS is currently on the laptop? On my Laptop there are two ways to turn off the card. One: with the Function+corresponding Key combo to turn off the radio, and Two: Through Network COnnections and right clicking the adapter ands etting it to DISABLE. I am running Windows XP MCE 2005 and my laptop automatically declocks to half speed once I come off AC power and am on Battery. I personally wish it was like yours where I do not down clock when using the battery power, because my HDTV card needs at least 2ghz to run efficiently and when I am on battery, the most I get is about 766mhz. HD works spotty as it is, so any less CPU just kills it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyrancher82 Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 lulz linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metatron Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 The Sony notebook I run Linux on dims the back light and drops the CPU speed. As for turning off WiFi/Bluetooth thats just a switch. I've not run Linux on a Dell but I don't see why it would be any harder to set up the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Aside from the broadcom wireless my dell x300 runs linux/bsd perfectly. screen dims, all the fn buttons do there stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothCriminal Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 I love inspiron boxes, but as far as bios goes don't look for anything special. Generally Dell locks down their bios to shit, so don't expect ways to adjust clock speeds. As far as the wireless goes, they work great and can turn them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1u Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 I love inspiron boxes, but as far as bios goes don't look for anything special. Generally Dell locks down their bios to shit, so don't expect ways to adjust clock speeds. As far as the wireless goes, they work great and can turn them off. Is it because they do not want users screwing with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 No, probally because enthusiast kit is marketed at people will want to tweak every setting under the sun, including the potentially warranty busting ones. Dell on the other hand wants something that is stable and runs everything at the default speed in the default way. Intel boards are the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothCriminal Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 No, probally because enthusiast kit is marketed at people will want to tweak every setting under the sun, including the potentially warranty busting ones. Dell on the other hand wants something that is stable and runs everything at the default speed in the default way. Intel boards are the same. If I were dell I would do the same thing, but as I am not dell, fuck them for not letting us tweak it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 If I were dell I would do the same thing, but as I am not dell, fuck them for not letting us tweak it. Surely the first part of that message is completely at odds with the second? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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