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Matt, here's the secret to buying from Dell: shop in their small business section, not their home section. I'm quite pleased with my Inspiron 9400.

• rms 19y ago
  There used to be a real build quality difference between the Latitude and Inspiron lines but now some of the Latitudes are just black-painted Inspirons with marginally better support. Lenovo is the way to go.
  • dfranke 19y ago
    I'm not talking about Inspiron vs. Lattitude, I'm talking about the home line of Inspirons versus the SB line (9300 vs. 9400, when I bought mine). I find Lenovo's displays intolerably bad.
    • rms 19y ago
      Oh, ok. What was the difference between the 9300/9400 Inspiron when you bought it?
      • dfranke 19y ago
        I don't recall exactly, but there were at least two components -- the video card and wireless card IIRC -- that worked well with Linux on the 9400 but not the 9300.
  • stuki 19y ago
    ....And IBM Intellistations for desktop use. They're almost studio pc quiet, built like a powermac, and I have never had a single problem with one. They even ship with a decent keyboard. Just can't go wrong buying IBM....
    • rms 19y ago
      Cool, I didn't know they still made computers. http://www-132.ibm.com/content/home/store_IBMPublicUSA/en_US/IntelliStation_workstations.html http://www-132.ibm.com/content/home/store_IBMPublicUSA/en_US...
• mattmaroon 19y ago
  I've heard that from a few people actually.
• henryw 19y ago
  the 9400 is the same as e1705 rebranded.