better way to upgrade

[Andy Boersma]

I ordered a Dell 9 months ago, it came with 7.04.
All I did was hookup the network cable, did a full update. rebooted to 
get the latest kernel, then did the upgrade to 7.10.
rebooted deleted the old kernels.

Then did my customization and downloads of the software I needed, took 2 
hours.

Now the IBM/Lenovo Vista LT that I received 3 weeks ago, needed 2 hours 
to download all security patches then it took 18hours to install the 
SP1, then after reboot it came up and said that SP1 was not properly 
installed and was reverting back to the previous version, that took 
another 4 hours.

Either way, with a LT there is a lot of customization by the 
manufacturers and you just take a gamble.

Most of my good luck on Laptops has been with Dells.

Ralph Pichie wrote:
> Perhaps someone should tell Dell about 8.04 being released. I spoke to
> their staff the other day and they had no clue that there is anything
> but what they offer, which is still Gutsy. I'm thinking of buying the
> Inspiron 1525, but I'll have to do a dist-upgrade or a full install.
> Probably the latter, as there will be no issues with preserving data
> on a new machine, and it will let me do disk encryption with the
> alternate installer.
>
> FYI, the models that Dell ships with Ubuntu are NOT quite identical to
> what stores like Staples carry in stock. In store machines usually
> have a 'Dell' wifi card, which is made by Broadcom, so you'll end up
> doing the Windows driver and ndiswrapper dance. The Ubuntu systems
> have an Intel wireless setup. Don't expect the store staff to have a
> clue about that....
>
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