[wplug] Laptop Criteria

[Keir Josephson]

Good question. I'm also looking for a laptop that would be good with
linux. It's been hard to find any decent reviews comparing the newer
laptops and how they perform with linux. No doubt this is partly to do to
redmond's new oem licensing strings that puts the screws to any PC maker
that might try to offer linux as an alternative.

At any rate, I've also had good luck with past Toshiba Satellites. I've
also had really good luck with compaq EVO's with both SUSE and Red Hat.

Has anyone heard anything about the new Inspiron notebooks that were just
released? Namely the 1100 or 600m? You can find a refurbished 1100 on
Dell's site for less than 800 bucks, well equipped. Less than 700 if you
check frequently and buy your time.

-Keir

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Jason Sopko wrote:

> begin  Ryan Kaulakis wrote:
> >    With all this discussion of the details of laptops going on, I
> >    thought it might be a good time to ask around; What do you really
> >    need in a laptop for Linux to run properly? Is there a general
> >    consensus about a best manufacturer? Or, is the brand no indication
> >    of compatibility?
>
> I like the Dell Inspiron series and the Toshiba Satellite series. I've
> had good luck with both models, and they both run Linux fine. The only
> thing that I don't like about the Toshiba Satellite I have right now is
> the maximum screen resolution is 1024x768. I had gotten used to using
> 1400x1050 on my Dell Inspiron 8200.
>
> ///Jason
>
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