[ale] Trying to make the switch to Linux

[Michael Hartman]

All,
I've got an older Dell Latitude laptop that has NT 
4.0 on it.  I'm sick of the instability and memory errors.  I went out 
and bought SuSE Linux Personal 8.2 yesterday at Best Buy.  Before 
installing it I've got a couple of basic questions (This is primarily my wife's 
computer now and she's pissed her email keeps getting messed up):
---How do I ensure that my laptop is Pentium, thus 
eligible for the software?  I tried checking the properties tab and it just 
says x86 Family ....., AT/ATCompatible ....  At first I thought this meant 
it was a 486...but upon checking my current laptop which is pentium III, I 
discovered that they said nearly the same thing.
---The disks have openoffice.org on it too...I will 
be able to use my older excel files still, right?
---Will I be able to hook my laptop into my d-link 
wireless network at home still (di-713P with dwl-650 cards?)
---Will I be able to still print to my HP OfficeJet 
720?
 
If this isn't the right place to post this, let me 
know.  Linux.com said I should reag out to my local groups 
pre-installing.
 
Thanks for your help!
Michael