I'm probably going to be buying a new laptop over the summer to use at school in the new academic year.
Apart from the usual things - installs debian (sarge) with no (significant) problems, etc - I have one requirement which is crucial and yet, I suspect, not entirely usual: I *must* be able to display on an external projector/monitor (preferably 1024x768, which is the maximum our college projectors will handle) reliably, preferably via a Function-key/BIOS switch, as getting it to work consistently via software (using atitvout on my Dell Latitude CPx) has been a persistent headache for the last academic year. And it needs to be a 3-way switch: the BIOS on my Dell will display on the laptop screen or externally but not both, which was a major pain in class. So - any recommendations? Doesn't have to be superfast or equipped with lots of bells and whistles - in fact I'd prefer it to be cheap and functional: I've got a desktop at home for CD-burning and the like. Oh yes, wireless networking is a highly desirable feature also. And I'd rather go for an AMD chip, but this is a preference rather than a requirement. Thanks in advance for all advice. -- |Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Music does not have to be understood| |Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada| It has to be listened to. | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |phone: +1 250 370 4452 | Hermann Scherchen. |
