Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 05, 2005 12:36 PM
I run linux on Dell, HP, Compaq, IBM, Sony and (mostly) on white AMD/Intel boxen. For some reason the Dell machines are real dogs in the performance department. I am not sure why - maybe cheap/poorly designed motherboards? - I really dont know. Even building the kernel on Dell hardware doesn't seem to help performance much.
You'll probably get better value and performance by buying hardware from your local whitebox shop then buying a Dell or any other brandname product. You will, fer sure, get a better price.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 05, 2005 12:36 PMYou'll probably get better value and performance by buying hardware from your local whitebox shop then buying a Dell or any other brandname product. You will, fer sure, get a better price.
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