Anyone had bad experiences with a Dell Precision M65

[eculp at encontacto.net]

Quoting Eric Anderson <anderson at freebsd.org>:

> On 04/25/07 11:53, eculp at encontacto.net wrote:
>> I am seriously considering one, more than anything else for the  
>> 15.4  inch screen with a resolution of 1920 X 1200, assuming that I  
>> can get  that out of XOrg.  I want the resolution but don't want a  
>> monster  laptop.  Apart from that the price seems ok with 2G of  
>> memory, and a  Intel® 3945 802.11a/g Dual-band Mini-Card (DW1390)  
>> that should work  someday ;)  I assume that the bluetooth will  
>> probably work and if not,  no big deal.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any information or suggestions,
>
>
> I have a Dell D820 (similar to the M65 I think).  I have the nvidia  
> graphics chip, and am running it just fine at 1920x1200, using  
> either the nvidia binary driver, or the xorg nv driver.
>
> Bluetooth works perfectly.
>
> Wireless, not sure - I swapped mine out for an Atheros (you can buy  
> them  online, email me if you need some pointers).

Thanks, Eric.  My problem is that I live in Mexcio but Dell has  
service and takes care of the importing, etc. so it makes a lot of  
sense to me.  Plus I can get the 3 year total care, etc. here.

Have a great day,

ed

>
>
> Eric
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