[ale] Upgrade Time

[Douglas Bridges]

Well, it is upgrade time, so I have a couple of questions that I was hoping 
could be answered.

First, does anyone have a good suggestion for a laptop that costs $3000 or 
less, runs Linux well, and uses a Trackpoint(eraser head thing). I am 
heading off to law school in the fall and I need a good laptop to use.

Second, I am upgrading my desktop, and I would like to add a new harddrive. 
It currently has two scsi harddrives hanging off an adaptec 2940UW on an 
Intel LX motherboard. I would like to add an IDE drive. Unfortunately, I am 
running a M$ OS(2k) on the primary scsi drive right now. If I add the IDE 
drive to my box, will my drive letters get screwed? I plan to partition the 
IDE so that the first couple of gig are Linux and the rest is visible for my 
winblows installation.

Next, what are peoples experiences with Corel Linux. Costco is selling the 
deluxe edition(with Civ:CTP and WP 9) for $24.99. I will be using the 
installation as both a client and a server box.

Lastly, I about to put a digital flat screen on my desktop, and I was 
wondering if anyone has a suggestion for a good video card that has digital 
output and works under X. I am not wanting to break the bank on the video 
card either.

Thanks for all the help,
Doug
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