Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-02 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
The best laptops for Linux are older ones that you can find cheap or free :) One of the advantages of Linux is that is runs great on older hardware. So, find a winders user that is forced to buy a new state-o-the-art laptop to support their XP upgrade, and take the old one off their hands for a f

Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-02 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
The best laptops for Linux are older ones that you can find cheap or free :) One of the advantages of Linux is that is runs great on older hardware. So, find a winders user that is forced to buy a new state-o-the-art laptop to support their XP upgrade, and take the old one off their hands for a f

Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-02 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello rama.. Received at 2002-12-02 / 11:02 by Rama: > hi all, I'm new to laptops (just about to get the first one) and I'd > need an advise on which option should be considered in order to get the > best sound & graphics performance from it. I'd need a good audio > solution (if none onboard audio

Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-02 Thread Juraj Ziegler
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 11:12:34PM +0100, Juraj Ziegler wrote: > On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 07:04:39PM +, Rama wrote: > > hi all, I'm new to laptops (just about to get the first one) and I'd > > need an advise on which option should be considered in order to get the > > best sound & graphics perfo

Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-02 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello rama.. Received at 2002-12-02 / 11:02 by Rama: > hi all, I'm new to laptops (just about to get the first one) and I'd > need an advise on which option should be considered in order to get the > best sound & graphics performance from it. I'd need a good audio > solution (if none onboard audio

Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-02 Thread martin f krafft
> Thanks, Martin, for your information, by the way, would you tell me > which audio chipset you have ? i810_audio.o: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio But I think what makes the audio on this machine is the good set of speakers. The chipset is fair. I am not really the one to ask on this kind

Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-02 Thread Juraj Ziegler
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 11:12:34PM +0100, Juraj Ziegler wrote: > On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 07:04:39PM +, Rama wrote: > > hi all, I'm new to laptops (just about to get the first one) and I'd > > need an advise on which option should be considered in order to get the > > best sound & graphics perfo

Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-01 Thread martin f krafft
> Thanks, Martin, for your information, by the way, would you tell me > which audio chipset you have ? i810_audio.o: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio But I think what makes the audio on this machine is the good set of speakers. The chipset is fair. I am not really the one to ask on this kind

Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-01 Thread Rama
Thanks, Martin, for your information, by the way, would you tell me which audio chipset you have ? So if not Dell do you know about any other alternative machine with good audio and video which might work really good with Debian ? (I use sid at home and woody at work, so any for me would be ok eith

Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-01 Thread Rama
Thanks, Martin, for your information, by the way, would you tell me which audio chipset you have ? So if not Dell do you know about any other alternative machine with good audio and video which might work really good with Debian ? (I use sid at home and woody at work, so any for me would be ok eith

Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-01 Thread Juraj Ziegler
On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 07:04:39PM +, Rama wrote: > hi all, I'm new to laptops (just about to get the first one) and I'd > need an advise on which option should be considered in order to get the > best sound & graphics performance from it. I'd need a good audio > solution (if none onboard audio

Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-01 Thread Juraj Ziegler
On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 07:04:39PM +, Rama wrote: > hi all, I'm new to laptops (just about to get the first one) and I'd > need an advise on which option should be considered in order to get the > best sound & graphics performance from it. I'd need a good audio > solution (if none onboard audio

Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-01 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Rama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.02.2004 +0100]: > I was looking at Dell Inspirons or Latitude but some people told me that > the audio on those machines is pretty poor. The audio on my Latitude is quite good, actually. Nevertheless, Dell's machines and service have really gone down o

Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-01 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Rama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.02.2004 +0100]: > I was looking at Dell Inspirons or Latitude but some people told me that > the audio on those machines is pretty poor. The audio on my Latitude is quite good, actually. Nevertheless, Dell's machines and service have really gone down o