[Eug-lug] Dell Optiplex 740 experience?

[Mr O]

So you want a proprietary machine with a proprietary motherboard
you can only get through Dell, a CPU cooler designed for use
ONLY with Dell motherboards, quite possibly a proprietary power
supply that.. wait.... IS ONLY AVAILABLE from DELL? 

Eww. Oh well, the only thing they have going for them is you
can't beat their prices on their base machines. Add a little
here and there and I can usually build a better box for your
money. Although, if you want AMD I'd build it but can't stand
behind it. I've become a hardware nazi over the last 6 years and
I know what works and what doesn't. 


--- 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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