[ale] And now, on topic - laptop hardware recommendations

[Ryan Marshall]

>
> as for netbook. I have the Dell mini9 (which is discontinued) which
> really rocks both under MacOSX and Linux.  the mini10 that replaced it
> has been discontinued also.  Not sure if they have a replacement for the
> mini10.  But as far as I can tell the dell netbooks had the best support
> for non-windows O/Ses compared to the others.
>

Beware the new Dell Minis.  Somebody at Dell got the bright idea to
start soldering in the stock RAM and eliminating the DIMM socket.
That was a deal breaker for me.