[wplug] Laptop Criteria

[R.E.Coutch]

You could save yourself the trouble and go to:
http://www.emperorlinux.com/
They have laptops already loaded and ready to run.
They can even loaded various distro's at your request.


-Bob


Keir Josephson wrote:

>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:
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>>begin  Ryan Kaulakis wrote:
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>>>   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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