On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 01:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I was originally looking at a toshiba Tecra 9000 for a new Laptop to fit > my budget of $5000 CAD. I recently came across the IBM Thinkpad A30p > which i can squeeze into the budget as well. I'm favouring this over the > tecra now for a few reasons (133MHz Bus instead of 100, ATI Radeon 32 MB > instead of some other garbage, Video in/out as opposed to tv-out only etc > etc..) Does anyone know of any problems running linux on this model or > have any opinions on IBM's w/ Linux as opposed to other Laptop > Manufacturers?
I'm on my third Thinkpad now, so I've been quite happy with them. I currently use the T series (advertised as "portability without compromise"). The T series are powerful and have reasonable hardware built in, but are slightly reduced from desktop machines (can't have CD and floppy at the same time is one limitation). The A series (advertised as "desktop replacement") has all the hardware (including floppy and CD) but they haven't tried hard to make it light or portable. On another list I'm on people are flaming Thinkpads because of the experience of carrying an A series around. If your laptop goes between your work and your home in your car then an A series will be great. If your laptop goes around the world, and goes to work with you by public transport then a T series is probably as big and heavy as you can tolerate. Also regarding the CD, getting a USB CD-ROM at work and one at home is one solution to the problem of having CD and floppy... Another thing to consider is having a power supply at home and one at work (PSUs are heavy). -- http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/projects.html Projects I am working on http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page
