We've had success with the same GX models over and over, but as Brian
said, there are major changes between the GX models.  GX-270's for
example introduced SATA, a newer intel chipset, etc.  The only time I
can recall a change within a model line was with the GX-240's when
they updated the ethernet chipset to include gigabit support, however
the drivers didn't change.

You can't expect an image for a GX-240 to work on a GX-60, they're
radically different beasts.  But, an image for GX-240 should work with
all GX-240's.

The only caveat would be if you added different video/sound/etc cards
which would change the stock configuration.  We add video cards
because getting the DMT on-board video cards to play nice with XFree86
used to be a chore.

BTW, has anyone picked up a GX-280 yet?  What's different?


On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Brian Bartholomew wrote:

> > I recall from a Dell sales thingy on campus that all GX systems
> > _should_ be image compatible.
>
> This may or may not be relevant to Windows, but from a Linux
> perspective there are a lot of hardware differences within the GX
> line, even when attempting to order the "same" machine again several
> months later.
>                                                         Brian
>