Newbie - Hello

[garnertr]

Greetings/Salutations,

Just wanted to say hello to everyone and that I'm new to this site and new to Fedora. I'm a recent convert to Linux Revolution and I haven't turned back. I've been installing/deinstalling distro's on my Alienware Laptop and have decided to stick w/ Fedora. So, warning of warnings, this is my intro, pls be kind! :)

[dickinsd]

Welcome garnertr

this community is great, there are planty of clever/helpful/friendly people.

Some of them Alienware laptops are well tasty, whats the spec?

Dave

[garnertr]

Well, I can't give you the exact specs b/c it is packed up, I just moved in to Arlington WA and I also just recently purchased this laptop, but here is the generic:

Area 51 Sentia Series
80-gig HD
1-gig RAM
Intel Pentium M
12.1" Wide-XGA / LCD Screen
Optical Drive / 6X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / Combo Drive
PCMI slot
Wireless capability

http://www.alienware.com/Product_Pages/notebook_all_default.aspx (first column)

[ewdi]

welcome, hope u enjoy being in this community :)

[Jman]

Hello.

I hope you'll find these forums friendly.

[Ug]

Why hello there.

[imdeemvp]

Hello and wooooowww, expensive poppy! I purchased a compaq presario 2103us amd athlon xp 2800+ ati video driver, 30gb hd, 256mb (+512 more I added), dvd/cd-burner and 15" display for $699 (+ $90 for extra ram) so about $840.

Thats about $500-600 less. Alienware is nice though :p

[garnertr]

Yeah, I was greedy and stupid, I've learned my lesson on that one, for now on its cheap, but ya see I'm military, did a TDY to a "danger zone" area, received $$$$$ for my tour and I thought what the heck? :)

But I've learned to go through Dell for now on for most of my comp needs, not b/c I like Dell but b/c they are military friendly, school (college) friendly and I get discounts... yippee... :)