[wplug] Laptops

Henry Umansky hmust2+ at pitt.edu
Tue Feb 4 10:20:50 EST 2003


I'm not familiar with that term, what is acpi and dsdt??

--On Tuesday, February 04, 2003 9:58 AM -0500 "steve j. kondik" 
<shade at chemlab.org> wrote:r

> watch out for acpi-only laptops.  most of the compaqs are this way.  you
> can make them work, but usually not without decompiling the acpi dsdt
> and patching the kernel.
>
>
> On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 09:37, Henry Umansky wrote:
>> I'm in the market to buy a laptop and I would like some insight from you
>> guys.  Here basically what I want:
>>
>> -full hardware support for linux (trying asking for this a few years ago)
>> -dual-boot with windows (only for games and some work-related stuff)
>> -video card that can handle my graphic intensive games (Wolfenstein,
>> Morrowind, etc)
>> -price range under $2000 if possible (willing to go up if I'm in a good
>> mood that day)
>> -don't care about support or customer service, but a somewhat decent
>> warranty is a must
>>
>> I have a license through the University of Pittsburgh for any Windows
>> OS,  so a laptop that comes without an OS would be awesome, although I
>> won't  hold my breath. Right now IBM Thinkpad A series Value package is
>> the front  runner, but I haven't done much research on Dell or Compaq
>> laptops.  Any  information would be appreciated.
>>
>> -Henry
>>
>> ``understanding arises through making''
>> -Giambattista Vico
>>
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Henry Umansky
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