-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >>>>> "Chris" == Chris Ivanovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Chris> Greetings fellow Debianers... I was hoping I could get some Chris> personal opinions here. I currently have Debian running on a Chris> server in my house, and a Macintosh notebook. I'm now looking to Chris> fire up a PC notebook with it, as well. Chris> I'm looking for recommendations as to what brand and model I Chris> should look for (or stay away from). I don't want to spend more Chris> than $800 for the beast, so getting something that is new is Chris> _not_ important. I would prefer something with an active matrix Chris> screen, built in modem and ethernet, and CD drive. And the Chris> smaller and lighter the better - but certainly not the most Chris> important consideration. If you want something cheap, Toshiba Satellites appear to be relatively well supported by Linux. Unfortunately, they mostly use built-in WinModems (as do most laptops). I have a Satellite 2100CDS, and I have everything working except for the modem and maybe the USB port (I don't have any USB devices, so I can't test it). The PCMCIA controller is also working at reduced functionality (no CardBus support ... yet?). I know Toshiba has a model that's running for around $1700 CAD (so about $1100 USD - a bit over your budget) that has active matrix, 64MB, built-in CD-ROM and floppy. I believe it also has a built-in ethernet. IIRC it's a Satellite 1780 or 7180, or something like that. You can go to www.toshiba.com and poke around. That's the cheapest (new) laptop that I know of. I don't know how well supported it is under Linux, but AFAIK the sound and video should both be supported. For a laptop, though, the most important things are (in order of importance, IMHO): - - pointing device (this is the reason I will only buy IBM, Toshiba, or certain Dell models) - - keyboard - - memory (because swapping on a laptop is painfully slow. Although memory is probably the easiest thing to upgrade) (Well, Linux support is at the top of the list, but that goes without saying.) - -- Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.geocities.com/hubertchan/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/71FDA37F Fingerprint: 6CC5 822D 2E55 494C 81DD 6F2C 6518 54DF 71FD A37F Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Please encrypt *all* e-mail to me. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7Kk9yZRhU33H9o38RAi1IAKDJn4yGjtpKibTJ3kWqfFUXzLgYOgCgpb8h uKkSrBZkqrQQ2ZPGfvl7rFw= =6/T8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
