On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 04:00:25PM +0200, Jonne wrote: > Hello there! > > Anyway, I've as of yet never used Debian on a laptop, and I'm > looking into picking up laptop computer, and I'm wondering if you > have any suggestions as to what I might want to pick up -- more > along the lines of manufacturers whose computers work well with the > latest version of Debian, rather than just the latest spiffy models, > since I'm not sure what I can afford.
Well... I can't really comment on specific manufacturers... But ii'm currently typing this on a Toshiba Tecra 8000... It all works, (display, sound, pcmcia) but I think it's a real underperformer. The best thing you can do is look for a laptop and then check the detailed hardware specs. Look at what kind of video-chip and sound-chips are used, what other devices are installed, then check to see how well these are supported. I've just ordered a new laptop myself (www.pronote.nl promedion 14") and just checked their specs page. There may be one or 2 features that may not yet be supported (like firewire, winmodems etc) but if you make sure sound, video, lan and key/mouse work you will probably be a happy camper... all the other extra features will probably be supported in a few months anyway (accept for some winmodems, sony i-link etc) Mark Janssen Unix Consultant @ SyConOS IT E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG Key Id: 357D2178 http: maniac.nl, unix-god.[net|org], markjanssen.[com|net|org|nl] Fax/VoiceMail: +31 84 8757555 Finger for GPG and GeekCode
