On Apr 5, 2004, at 7:09 PM, Luis Mendes wrote:
Hi all,
I am about to buy a new laptop and after searching a couple of
different
brands I came across the Acer TravelMate 800 series which has most of
the features I am looking for. Has anyone on this list got any
experience with this laptop? I am planing to install Debian on it as I
have done on the laptop I am using at the moment. I checked mobilix
and linux-on-laptops and it seems that most of the hardware works fine
under linux. I am a bit suspicious with the price since this is by far
the cheapest laptop with these specs I could find. The next one up is
almost £500 more expensive... (at least in the uk...)
Otherwise, suggestions for laptops with similar specs (centrino 1.7GHz,
512 Mb (or more)ram, large disk > 40Gb well supported graphics chip,
not
too heavy, relatively long battery time... ) would also be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Luis
I am planning to buy an Acer Travelmate of the 800 series myself.
Using http://www.tuxmobile.org/ I found some more or less interesting
sites :)
These should suit your needs just fine:
http://www.gama.de/projects/debian/acertm800lci/index.php
http://bernd-wurst.de/linux/tm800.php
http://www-lehre.inf.uos.de/~rfreund/tm.php
http://home.in.tum.de/~baueran/techdoc/travelmate804/index.html
Although these links don't exclusively point to debian on an travelmate,
they might give you a hint on what to do to get certain devices
up and running.
Greets'
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