[ale] new laptop...

[Greg]

This question has come up on the OpenBSD list also.  The consensus was IBM,
Dell, and everyone else.  Dell is second due to rotten customer service
after the sale (unless you are a big company and can go thru a company rep).
I saw no complaints against IBM on the thread unless you didn't like their
pointer thingy - but then again many use a plugged in mouse.  I have an old
IBM laptop (300 MHZ) and I run Suse/Windows 98 / Windows 2K Pro with no
problems.  The Suse install was as easy as feeding it CD's.

Good Luck,

Greg




> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of James P.
> Kinney III
> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 11:33 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] new laptop...
>
>
> Talk to emperor Linux. They are local in Marietta. See their ad in any
> Linux Journal for the past 3 years.
>
> On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 03:05, David S. Jackson wrote:
> > Well, it's new laptop time, and I want to take advantage of the
> > tax-free weekend.  I haven't looked around specifically at the
> > best deals around town and was hoping you might clue me in if you
> > know of any and where I should look first.
> >
> > I'd like about an AMD xp1800 or better with decent graphics, but
> > not necessarily ultra game-worthy.  Reliability and durability
> > are my biggest concerns (and compatibility with *nix, since I
> > don't do windows).  I was thinking of one of the Dell inspirons
> > (a p4).  Had good luck with Thinkpads in the past.  Looking for
> > wireless and ethernet included, if possible.
> >
> > I'm looking in the $1000-1500 range.
> >
> > Any hot tips?  TIA.
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