[ale] Laptops and Printers

[Ken Nagorski]

Hi,

	If you want my two cents I use a Sony and it works pretty well. It
have a 3com 10/100 PCMCIA card, I am not a fan of built nics so it's fine
for me and slackware picks it up when I boot. :)

ken



 On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Fulton Green wrote:

> Hopefully, you'll consult the Linux on Laptops resource before you buy. It's
> located at:
> 
> http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
> 
> If you want decent 3D acceleration, your best bet's to find something with
> an ATI RAGE 128 Mobility. It's not the best, but at least its specs are
> available. (Thanks to all who responded to my question about that, BTW).
> 
> Also be aware that if you get Windows bundled w/the laptop, it will be either
> with Windows Me or Windows 2000. I'd recommend going W2K, since WinMe has
> removed real-mode support, thereby rendering old DOS games (and the Linux
> loader LOADLIN.EXE) obsolete. Then again, I haven't experimented with the
> interaction between lilo and WinMe.
> 
> And in my case, I find that I have to cold-boot from one OS to another,
> since Win98 leaves my PCMCIA Ethernet card (3c589) in a flaky state that
> Linux can't deal with. That's a ProStar 8260. I don't recomend that brand 
> unless they've reduced the weight for their offerings.
> 
> Dell's in a strategic alliance w/Red Hat, FWIW. I don't know about the other
> manufacturers. I noticed a lot of Sony VAIO notebooks and "PictureBooks" at
> the recent Linux Showcase. IBM ThinkPads work decently enough. I can boot
> SuSE's 7.0 "LiveEval" (runs off a CD) on my TP 600E for work.
> 
> HTH.
> 
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 12:05:21PM -0500, Kyle Beckman wrote:
> > (long story) and I'm in the market for a new computer and I'm shopping for a 
> > laptop.  PLEASE do not escalate this into a laptop vs. desktop debate!!!  
> > I'm in the market for a laptop, not a desktop.
> > 
> > I already know what specs I want, I'm really just brand/price shopping right 
> > now.  I will be dual booting between Windows and Linux, so I need a system 
> > that will be friendly with Linux.  We've got quite a few people with Dell 
> > Latitude 3800's where I work and they are very happy with them.  I'm open to 
> > suggestions.
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