Well, I simply went ahead and bought my dream machine. It's a Dell Inspiron 8000 with the following specs:
850MHz Intel Pentium III 512MB RAM 30GB HD 15.0" UXGA (1600x1200) TFT LCD 32MB ATI Mobility M4 3D, 4xAGP 10/100 + 56K V.90 NIC/Modem, internal Mini-PCI 8x DVD-ROM 8x CDRW floppy drive 2nd battery port replicator surge protector The main reason I went for this one is the 512MB (I'll be running VMware with W2K alongside some memory hungry web apps when I'm working at home). I checked the other main laptop companies, including MicronPC and only the latter and Dell supported this amount of memory. The Micron "only" had a 1400x1050 LCD and no FireWire, so I went for the Dell. If you need more disk space, go for the Micron since it supports a second HD in the modular bay. For the extra disk space I plan to get an external FireWire drive from Maxtor (80GB for less then $400). >From what I read on various news groups and web sites all the features are supported in Linux, including the internal NIC/Modem. :-) This beast will arrive early next week and I will let you know how things go. Thanks, Ardo Tom Hoover ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I currently have a Toshiba 720CDT, and overall have been happy with it. I > _may_ have an opportunity to get a new laptop (with someone else's money :-). > I want to get feedback regarding "current" laptops on the market and how well > they work with Linux. My goal here is to get the fastest, lightest, Linux > compatible laptop out there. Something with a "thin" form-factor and with > long > battery life, but with the horsepower to be a desktop replacement when placed > in a docking station. (I don't want much, do I?) Since I'm in the "dreaming" > stage right now, my question is this... > > If you had an unlimited budget on which to spend on your "dream" Linux laptop, > what would you buy and why? -- Ardo van Rangelrooij home email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] home page: http://people.debian.org/~ardo PGP fp: 3B 1F 21 72 00 5C 3A 73 7F 72 DF D9 90 78 47 F9
