Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?

[Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>]

Please keep me CCd

Willy Tarreau wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 07:18:17AM -0500, Wakko Warner wrote:
> > I have this exact same laptop.  It works perfectly for me with linux. 
> > Originally started with a 2.4 kernel and recently went to 2.6.10.  The modem
> > works well, the video card works well even with 3D accel.  I replaced the
> > original 30gb hdd with a 40gb (for space reasons).  The only complaint about
> > this thing I have is the fact they used an nvidia video chip.  I have seen
> > more than 4 months uptime on it (I used to use it as a desktop)
> 
> I think it does not like being moved. A friend of mine had his one repaired
> several times because of either hard disk failures, backlight failure and
> the machine refusing to boot at all. I've never seen such unreliable hardware!

Mine didn't have that problem.  At the time it was the fastest machine I
had.  I got away from it though with my nice xeon box =)

I have never heard of a machine that if you move it it'd quit working. 
That's bad.  I have heard of a machine quit working because someone looked
at it the wrong way.

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