For my .02 FRN, I am right now using a Sony PCG-GRT170. It's a wonderful machine, but it suffers from all the "unique" aspects of a Sony Vaio machine. Almost none of the special keys work, hardware volume control, stuff like that. It all worked under WinXP, which it came with, of course.
But it has a 15" nVidia AGP driven screen, DVD/CD writer, great sound, etc etc etc. I like it, but I had to fiddle with it to get all the primary hardware working. http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ is a good reference, you can look up a model you like and see what other people have done to get theirs working. Don't forget to contribute your own experiences. http://www.linuxcertified.com/ Linux Certified and http://www.emperorlinux.com/ Emporer Linux sell laptops with Linux pre-installed, including Debian. It sort of takes the fun out of it, but it takes out the stress too. I will echo what others have said about the IBM laptops. They are indeed built like tanks. I never got a taste for the red-eraser joystick, however, so I didn't buy one. Also, I liked the challenge of the Sony Vaio. I know it's sick of me, still I like to know that I'm running nasty cutting-edge stuff sometimes. I'm also thinking about home-building a dual-Athalon server for no good reason, just to play with SMP. Curt- -- September 11th, 2001 The proudest day for gun control and central planning advocates in American history -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
