Paul on Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:28:14 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] Laptop Recommendations


How much does the Virtual PC software cost? Are more Linux people running Macs since the introduction of OS X? What about Yellow Dog Linux?

I have a Dell Inspiron 8100. It runs Linux (Red Hat 7.3) and XP. The only real problem is has is battery power management, which is critical for mobile use Between the BIOS, nVIDIA GeForce2 Go video card, and X there is something wacky. Last time I checked, disabling video acceleration was one solution to the power management problem. The 8100 is very sensitive to BIOS updates.

From what I've heard, many Linux people prefer Toshibas.


Christian Hedemark wrote:

We saw at least as many iBooks at every Triangle Linux Users Group
meeting, which doesn't count my own TiBook.

And don't forget, with Virtual PC installed on an iBook you can still
run XP on the Apple (without shutting down OS X)!




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