I've recently bought a Compaq Presario 905EA and am quite happy with it. The only major problems I've had with Linux are that, as it's a very new laptop model, it ships an (still) unsupported graphic card (ATI Mobility Radeon U1, which works with the VESA driver but has no 2D or 3D support) and I couldn't get the sound to work. Other than that, it works great. :)
> built in cdrom and floppy, no stupid docking stations...sony vaio...yikes > better yet a built in dvd drive.... It has both, and the DVD is a combo DVD/CD-RW drive. > needs to be able to run vmware so that windows can be run... I haven't tried to run vmware on it, but I think it will run without problems (Mobile Athlon XP 1800+, 256MB RAM). > lightweight, good sized screen, great resolution, About 3Kg. Maybe that's not exactly "lightweight", but having in mind that its an "all-in-one" laptop (DVD/DR-RW, floppy, network card, modem, IR port, USB, firewire... anything you'll ever need) I don't think it's really that heavy. It has a 15" screen at 1024x768, which also means that the keyboard is BIG. I'm not used to laptops, so for me a BIG keyboard and a BIG screen were a must. :) > Probably i386 arch would be the best since I'm not sure VMware > will work on non i386 arch... Athlon XP. Same thing. > Powersave mode has to work easily in linux..... ACPI works with a patch... AMD's PowerNow! is unsupported but that is beeing worked on. It's just a matter of time. > It just has to work without a lot of hassles of looking for obscure patches.. > :-) ACPI and PowerNow! (when it's ready) are the only things you'll need a patch for, if you plan to use a 2.4 kernel. The 2.5 series already have those applied, if you're not afraid to use the development kernel series. > price is the least important but it would be nice to not to spend too much.... > not more than 2000US The laptop's price was 2000 euros here in Spain, so... yes, that's about $2000. :) I've made a web about setting linux up in this laptop, it's at: http://www.bisente.com/documentos/presario905/ You'll get there a better idea of what works and what doesn't, and what patches do you need. As I've said earlier, the only major problems are getting 2D/3D accel support from the graphics card and getting the sound card to work, so no multimedia applications... man, the day I'll be able to play a DVD with sound on this hottie I'll be really happy. :D -- Vicente Aguilar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://www.bisente.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
