Re: [PLUG] New Laptop Recommendations

[Lee Marzke <lee@marzke.net>]

Joseph,

I have an older T22 Thinkpad and love it,  running both WinXP Pro and 
SuSE 9.3
DVD+/- writer, with Orinico Gold PC card.  Many internal WiFi chips 
don't work.

Thinkpads have titanium cases, and can often be dropped on concrete without
damage ( except perhaps a disk head crash )  These are pretty 
inexpensive on Ebay.

However, every model and OS distribution has to be researched individually.
If you can't do this I'd suggest buying one pre-loaded with Linux.

See:          http://www.emperorlinux.com/mfgr/

Lots of other models here as well,  check out the
http://www.emperorlinux.com/mfgr/sharp/meteor/    as reviewed by Linux 
Journal.

Also,  http://www.monarchcomputer.com/  are experts on Linux ( they put 
together the
Ultimate Linux  Box )  and they are coming out with Laptops soon.  You 
might call
them and ask.

Lee Marzke

Joseph Sands wrote:
> I'm looking to purchase a new laptop, I'm open to the price but my main
> concern is that it have 802.11G, CD-RW/DVD-ROM, and be compatible with both
> Linux and Windows. I would like something smallish; battery life is no
> concern, as I can always plug it in wherever I am.  I had bad luck with
> wireless laptops in Linux. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Joe Sands
>
>
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