Kam Salisbury on 13 Sep 2005 22:35:30 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] laptop/notebook recommendations


-----Original Message-----
   >From: "Jason"<jcostom@gmail.com>
   >Sent: 9/12/05 8:17:17 PM
   >To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List"<plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
   >Subject: Re: [PLUG] laptop/notebook recommendations
   >
   >On 9/12/05, Bill Patterson <patterson@computer.org> wrote:
   >> What would the readers of this list recommend for a laptop/notebook
   >> computer that could dualboot Windoze and Linux?
   >
   >Any of the Thinkpad T40/41/42/43 line would be great.  My T40 runs
   >great under SuSE Pro 9.3.  Bluetooth, Wifi (ipw2100) all work great. 
   >Display works very nicely at 1400x1050.
   >
   >It's a very nice solution, IMHO.
   >
   >My company recently issued me a T43, which also boots up Knoppix quite
   >nicely (I left the corp xp pro image installed, after all, it IS for
   >work).  My old work T40 took a nasty spill - the concrete floor seemed
   >to be about the only thing that could kill that T40, which is why I
   >got the T43..
   
There is a Linux Laptops site that has a compatiblity matrix. (I don't have the URL handy, sorry.)

Also, my IBM R41 works flawlessly. I have a Belkin G mode wireless card for connectivity.

SLAX and Knoppix work great.

Kam Salisbury
http://salisburyfamily.us




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