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The new Linux laptop to replace the one that died has shipped.

A week before the projected date.

1 224-5792 Inspiron 1545, Intel Celeron 585, 2.16GHz, 667Mhz, 1M L2 Cache
1 313-7316 Jet Black
1 311-9622 2GB, DDR2, 800MHz 2 Dimm
1 320-7444 Glossy, widescreen 15.6 inch display (1366×768)
1 320-7990 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD
1 341-8130 160G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
1 421-0716 Ubuntu Notebooks Edition 8.10 w/ Multimedia Playback
1 467-0019 Integrated Gigabit (10/100/1000) Network Card forXPS 1340
1 313-7112 8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive
1 313-4783 Integrated High Definition Audio 2.2
1 430-2929 Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini Card
1 313-7540 Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam
1 312-0923 4-cell Primary Battery
1 993-3277 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus Return To Depot, Initial Year
1 990-7989 1 Year Limited Warranty and Mail-In Service,Notebook
1 950-9057 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
1 992-4020 Mail-InService, 24×7 TechnicalSupport, Initial Year
1 960-2780 Warranty Support,Initial Year
1 310-9753 Intel Celeron Label

As soon as I verify that it works, I’m replacing Ubuntu with Debian.