[Eug-lug] Dell Optiplex 740 experience?

[Quentin Hartman]

Thanks for the links. That somehwat echos what I had found online: a
resounding "maybe"...

On 4/24/07, Ben Barrett <stircrazyben at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> found this:  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=3D366392
>
> 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-
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-Quentin Hartman-
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