[ale] new laptop time ... need suggestions

[Dow Hurst]

The chips used to do 54g can broadcast on military channels somehow so 
the specs aren't released by the manufacturers.  Anyone using the new g 
standard is running XP.  Ha!  Caught you redhanded there! ;-)

There was a post that maybe by Christmas or early next year enough 
hacked code would bring out a driver whether commercial based drivers 
were available or not.  I have no idea if this is true.  The whole issue 
is pretty hazy to me as I've read just enough to be confused.

Call Lincoln Durey at EmperorLinux (770-612-1205 or 1-888-651-6686) and 
tell him what you want and get a quote.  It is worth it since you could 
have everything working under Debian when you receive it.  They are 
great on support now that I've had a chance to use them on the modem 
that came on the Dell we have.  Well worth the few extra bucks for the 
savings of your time.   Price your favorite notebook at any of the major 
suppliers and then add the number of days to build and configure it so 
everything is working.  Add the amount you earn per working day times 
the number of days it took to the quotes you've gotten and see what the 
results are.  It is about $400-$600 for Emperor to do their thing above 
the cost of the notebook.  Maybe less now.
Dow

PS.  The Gazelle or Rhino sound more like what you want.


Jim Popovitch wrote:

>I hope that the 54g will be supported soon, I suspect (although don't know)
>that I can still use 802.11b with the same interface.  Any ideas on this?
>
>As for the HPs, they do look sharp.  Nice cool blue lights. ;)
>
>-Jim P.
>
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>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Chris Ricker
>>Sent: Thursday, 21 August, 2003 10:01
>>
>>Keep in mind that 54g won't be supported by Debian (or any Linux).
>>
>>I like the HP models right now. They have a great keyboard and touchpad
>>design (touchpad can be turned on and off with a switch, and has
>>a built-in
>>scroll bar -- both Just Work with Linux), are reasonably priced,
>>and can be
>>gotten with Athlons or P4s.
>>
>>Go to <http://www.hpshopping.com/> and start customizing ;-)
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