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Re: [PLUG] New Laptop Recommendations
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Jason wrote:
> On 10/6/05, Joseph Sands <js479@comcast.net> wrote:
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>>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.
>
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> I've got a T40 running SuSE 9.3, and it rocks my socks off.
> Everything, and I do mean everything in it works, no hassle even.
>
> That includes:
>
> ATI Radeon 9x000 (i forget which particular chipset I've got)
> Bluetooth
> Wifi - Centrino 802.11g (I replaced the ipw2100 with an ipw2200 module)
> Modem - smartlink
> Onboard Ether is Intel 10/100/1000 and worked out of the box.
>
> OpenSuSE 10.0 is supposedly shipping any minute now, so I'll be
> downloading and trying that on for size shortly.
>
> Even WPA2 works properly on SuSE 9.3, after applying the patch to the
> yast network config packages available from YOU. I expect it will
> work from the start on OpenSuSE 10.
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Yes, Thinkpads all the way. I have had my T-30 for over 2 years now.
Came with XP Pro. Eventually went with Suse 9.1, then 9.3. Everything
just works, out of the box as is said.
Stewart
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