Extra fire power?
Nice machine, nice specs but will it burst in to flames on my lap? Mmmaybe.....
Dell is adding more power to its high-end line of mobile workstations with the debut of the Precision M6300, a 17" notebook geared at engineers, developers, video editors and others who need to tote around some serious silicon. Celebrating its 10th anniversary in workstation marketplace, Dell is aiming for the system as not so …
I Recall using RedHat 5.1. 1998 was the year. I hope it will run on that cool dell Hardware. Speaking of which, I hope Dell knows how to harden something that is almost 10 years old.
All that aside, it would run Debian and Solaris for me anyway. Good Job Dell!
Step Into a time warp. Lookie here... http://www.geek.com/hwswrev/rhlinx51.htm
:)
I can't recall using the (then free) Red Hat Linux 5.1, at that time I was (and still am) a big Slackware fan.
Anyway they're obviously referring to the paid-for distribution. Last time I've checked the latest version was 5.0.
This notebook is big iron. I woudn't like having to carry its bag on my shoulder though.
DELL has a long way to go to (re-)gain a trustable name in notebooks IMHO. Their boxes aren't especially reliable these days (used to be).