Re: [CentOS] In the market for a new (old) laptop

Just spoke with one of my colleagues about IBM. x31 is a steal and everything 'works' He is running Gentoo on his x31. Don't touch the x41. Of course x60, "It's a F*G IBM". Well he's an old army NCO... Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 at 12:01pm, Johnny Tan wrote I've be

Re: [CentOS] In the market for a new (old) laptop

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 at 12:01pm, Johnny Tan wrote I've been seriously considering the Thinkpad X60s series as my top choice. The specs look great, but I'm trying to find more detailed reviews from an actual user (like you did for the nc4010). I've got a Z61t, which is somewhat similar (I belie

Re: [CentOS] In the market for a new (old) laptop

Robert Moskowitz wrote: I pretty much love my nc4010. I got it May, '05. It has the 'most recent' bios on it... Thanks Robert, a very good and detailed review. Some of the stuff isn't applicable to me, but others definitely are concerning (particularly the overheating and the USB connector

Re: [CentOS] In the market for a new (old) laptop

Johnny Tan wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: Don't know what it will be, but I am not suppose to swap its drives out and I continue to use this HP Compaq nc4010 as my Linux workhorse. Robert: I'm also looking for an ultralight notebook to bring to datacenters with me. The nc4010 sounds pretty go

Re: [CentOS] In the market for a new (old) laptop

Robert Moskowitz wrote: Don't know what it will be, but I am not suppose to swap its drives out and I continue to use this HP Compaq nc4010 as my Linux workhorse. Robert: I'm also looking for an ultralight notebook to bring to datacenters with me. The nc4010 sounds pretty good (just looked it

Re: [CentOS] In the market for a new (old) laptop

Ray Van Dolson wrote: Changes at my day job (we have a big merger being finalized), has me in the market for a new laptop. I use and enjoy an older HP nc8000. Solid laptop IMHO, but doesn't quite meet your requirements. :) I'm curious if you found anything though? Thursday, I am swinging

Re: [CentOS] In the market for a new (old) laptop

> Changes at my day job (we have a big merger being finalized), has me in > the market for a new laptop. I use and enjoy an older HP nc8000. Solid laptop IMHO, but doesn't quite meet your requirements. :) I'm curious if you found anything though? Ray ___

[CentOS] In the market for a new (old) laptop

Changes at my day job (we have a big merger being finalized), has me in the market for a new laptop. They may require me to only run the approved XP build on the system they provide. I do not know if they will fund another unit for me or not, so I am looking to go cheap. Here is what I am l