[wplug] Linux laptops

Jonathan Billings billings at negate.org
Mon Jul 2 08:32:39 EDT 2007


chandan datta wrote:
> Hi Linus users,
> I'm a visiting summer scholar at CMU from New Delhi.I wanted to get 
> myself a new Linux laptop (without MS Vista pre-loaded).I visited the 
> CMU Computer store ,but all of them have Vista.Where can I check up a 
> good collection of Linux pre-loaded laptops ?
> I don't want a very high end system-a decent config -WIFI, 128/256 MB 
> NVIDIA GPU,1 GB RAM,DVD reader will do(I'm looking for something under 
> 1000$).Back at New Delhi I brought one Acer 4100 series with pretty 
> decent config and Linpus linux loaded(it was easy to find).

It looks like the CMU School of Computer Science computer support folks 
support the Dell Latitude D620 with linux (with some caveats):

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~help/purchasing/recommended_pcs.html


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Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>


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