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“Dell Vostro. Great for mobile professionals who want worry-free productivity & connectivity”
The thing came pre-installed with Win-Vista. Apart from the thing being a slug, it ran great for about a week before loosing Wi-Fi; insisting that no wireless NIC existed despite the fact that it detected the NIC just fine.
In the end the fastest (several hours), least painful remedy was a reinstall after which the NIC was accepted and Wi-Fi restored. Since then I've had to "recover"/reinstall the thing numerous times.
Connectivity in general is below average and definitely not “worry-free”, battery-time is mediocre, it is painfully slow in all that is asked of it. Basically it's a horrible machine.
About two weeks ago she (the boss) came into my office and declared that Wi-Fi was out on her laptop AGAIN and that it was "due for the bin"! This time, pointing to my own screen, I asked her if she would be willing to try something else.
...After asking her "exactly what do you use on your computer" I installed Bodhi with only what she needs, LibreOffice, Adobe PDF, Thunderbird, Cups etc. Then showed her the basics of how to use/navigate her new system.
Funny thing, the Vostro is no longer a slug, She was literally shocked at how fast her old tired computer booted up and ran applications.
Today she came back into my office, laptop in her hands. “No joy”? I asked, while thinking to myself that she probably couldn't get used to the OS differences. “No joy”! She says.
“I want you to wipe all the crap off of this”; and hands me... her private laptop, wanting me to install “the same wonderful windows version” I put on her work laptop. She says it is now “a joy to work on”.
Just thought I'd share
