To: Shao Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-laptop@lists.debian.org From: Kirby Krueger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: buying a new laptop Cc: "Patel, Cyrus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Precedence: list
Instead of dualbooting win9x why don't you bundle vmware with the laptop. http://www.vmware.com with regard to thinkpads... I have a tp 755cx (5 years old) it runs debian(slink) fine. specs: (p75/24M/850M) You can buy an older tp for a good price on ebay. They are fine machines with _the best_ keyboard in the industry. a tp 380 (p166/32M/1.2G) for under US$1,000. They have a cd and 800x600 screen. I have a number of friends that use dell laptops with debian. you can find refurbished dell's at... http://www.dell.com/html/us/outlet/notebooks.htm -- Andy At 07:27 PM 3/24/00 , Shao Zhang wrote: >Hi, > I am in a process of buying a new laptop. I cannot really afford > any expensive ones (above AUS$3000), yet a powerfull one. I know > my requirements are contradicting to each other. > > A thinkpad will be ideal for me, but they are just so expensive. > I happen to find out this site > http://www.iedirect.com/default.asp > > Their laptop is so much cheaper compare to others, but I am a > bit worried if it will run on Linux. > > Has anyone else bought any laptops from this site? Could someone > recommend what/where to buy new laptops for linux? I don't want to aggressively plug here, since I work for this company, but take a look at: http://www.tuxtops.com We're currently only shipping Red Hat 6.1, but debian is in the short term plan. (I'd guess sometime in April.) We should be adding dual-boot Windows as an option very soon, probably next week. There's not a lot of options for pre-installed linux on laptops other than on the very high end from most places, so we might have an option you like. -- Kirby -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- End forwarded message ----- ----- End forwarded message -----
