I have a Dell Inspiron 3000. I have 800x600. go to http://ompages.com/debian/laptoptopscreenshot to see for your self.
I use the XBF_neomagic xserver from RH. It's pretty nice. I've no problems. Dell laptops kick ass. They are a bit pricy though. I hear IBM thinkpads are nice, and very linux friendly. Steer clear of the ATI-Rage vid cards for laptops, I hear they are unsupported. Since RH has the neomagic xserver, you should get a neomagic 128 card. It's the most supported now. my $0.02 NatePuri Certified Law Student Debian GNU/Linux Monk McGeorge School of Law Sacramento, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Will Lowe wrote: > I'm looking at buying a pair of laptops which will need to dual-boot > Windows and Debian. > > I'm not concerned that they be Pentium IV 600 Ghz machines or be huge > number-crunchers, but I would like them to run X enough that I can use > emacs and font-lock mode, netscape (with something more that 256 colors) > ... the standard stuff. > > 1) Are there laptops which aren't compatible with linux and Debian? > > 2) I understand that laptop video chipsets are wacky. Which ones work? > > 3) Are there other compatability issues I should be watching for? I've > never touched anything with a PCMCIA card in it ... > > Will > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > | http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | > | PGP Public Key: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/index.html#pgpkey | > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | You think you're so smart, but I've seen you naked | > | and I'll prob'ly see you naked again ... | > | --The Barenaked Ladies, "Blame It On Me" | > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > >
