[Eug-lug] Dell Optiplex 740 experience?

[Ben Barrett]

found this:  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=366392

and this search on dell's tech support looks like success, but
I'll let you read through them :)

also, this page has mention of the opti740 being $30 less w/o windoze:
http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/02/23/6868.aspx

no personal experience though... heh

ben


On 4/24/07, Quentin Hartman <qhartman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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...
>
> --
> -Regards-
>
> -Quentin Hartman-
> _______________________________________________
> EUGLUG mailing list
> euglug at euglug.org
> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
>
>