On Mon October 25 2004 10:51, s. keeling wrote: <snip> > > One thing that you can do is take a knoppix CD with you and ask to > > I've heard that some places refuse to let you do that. They don't > know knoppix and think you may be trying to infect the thing.
<rant> If I'm going to spend ~$1500+ on hardware that I expect to last at least 3-5 years (which qualifies as big ticket spending in my world), then they can let me install my software on it for testing and get their technicians to re-image it with the factory disk when I'm gone. Or, more likely, I'll find another place to drop my cash. There's plenty of options out there. </rant> That being said, there's really no substitute for good research. There are lots of people who have posted their horror/success stories with Linux on laptops, and have been for years. It helps to know the hardware you're considering intimately, as well. I'm not a hardware guy, but I put on my "hardware guy"-hat before purchasing a new system (even for clients) and read up on almost every component so I know what I'm getting into and what's going to give me the best return (as opposed to just shopping for make, model and specs). Sure, it's a lot of work; but again, in my world where a new computer is a big ticket expenditure, it pays off in the long run. After all, I'm typing this on my trusty PIII 450MHz (nee PII 300MHz) that is upgraded to the hilt and cost me a horrifying amount of money when I first bought it. I think it's paid for itself since then. ;-) Curtis S. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
