. Remembering the wireless driver issue, I redid my research and learned the Broadcom STA driver is the good one, B43-fwcutter is the one that causes freezes. Hopefully all is resolved. Downside to the STA driver - it's a lot slower to connect and to find a network :( But it works and seems stable so far (maybe related?). As a PS, this model is out of stock at Amaz apparently indefinitely... so I'm providing a link the the 160GB model (also the current one promoted by Dell). To be honest, 160GB of storage ought to be enough for any netbook use. I bought the 250 thinking I might leave a 50GB or so Windows partition, but when I started Windows and remembered how nasty it is I just wanted it off of there, so the 160 should be more than adequate for your needs.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Some freezing...
I experienced some freezes on my netbook. Remembering the wireless driver issue, I redid my research and learned the Broadcom STA driver is the good one, B43-fwcutter is the one that causes freezes. Hopefully all is resolved. Downside to the STA driver - it's a lot slower to connect and to find a network :( But it works and seems stable so far (maybe related?). As a PS, this model is out of stock at Amaz apparently indefinitely... so I'm providing a link the the 160GB model (also the current one promoted by Dell). To be honest, 160GB of storage ought to be enough for any netbook use. I bought the 250 thinking I might leave a 50GB or so Windows partition, but when I started Windows and remembered how nasty it is I just wanted it off of there, so the 160 should be more than adequate for your needs.
. Remembering the wireless driver issue, I redid my research and learned the Broadcom STA driver is the good one, B43-fwcutter is the one that causes freezes. Hopefully all is resolved. Downside to the STA driver - it's a lot slower to connect and to find a network :( But it works and seems stable so far (maybe related?). As a PS, this model is out of stock at Amaz apparently indefinitely... so I'm providing a link the the 160GB model (also the current one promoted by Dell). To be honest, 160GB of storage ought to be enough for any netbook use. I bought the 250 thinking I might leave a 50GB or so Windows partition, but when I started Windows and remembered how nasty it is I just wanted it off of there, so the 160 should be more than adequate for your needs.
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