[Eug-lug] Dell Optiplex 740 experience?

[Quentin Hartman]

I'm shopping for some new machines for work, and I just discovered that an
Optiplex 740 costs $270 less than the HP 5750 machines we've been getting.
Both of these machines are custom configured to be as comparable as
possible. The biggest difference is that the Dell uses NVidia Quadro NVS
210S for it's onboard video, and the HP uses an ATI R300. Both only work
properly with proprietary drivers, and the NVidia is likely to work
substantially better than the ATI. Anyone have any real-world experience
with the 740 and Linux? I'm also considering the 745, which is the Intel
Core brother to the 740, but I would prefer to reward Dell for finally
offering AMD...

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-Regards-

-Quentin Hartman-
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