I have a Compaq Presario 1200, it's name is HELL, and for good reason. That's what installing was on this thing. Once I got the thing to actually install though, it works great. I can reinstall on here quite easily now as a matter of fact just by turning off auto dectection (for some reason, it still detects everything, it just dosen't hang up doing so anymore.) But all of that aside, I'd reccomend NOT purchasing one for linux use. From what I've seen of Dell's machines, they seem to work pretty good for Linux use. I know my boss uses one as his main computer, and it works like a champ.
On Wednesday 16 October 2002 10:14 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > I've got a Compaq Armada 700 that was a breeze to install. ONE thing to > avoid. SiS chipsets. Despite the companies willingness to acknowledge > Linux and even have downloads for the drivers (sorta) on the website. > I've never gotten a box that uses them to run right. Others may have. > butI haven't had the luck. > > James > > On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 16:00, Richard Tango-Lowy wrote: > > I second the IBM Thinkpad recommendation. I've been running on an A22p > > for months. Easy install and everything works. I just installed on a new > > R31. Everything worked out of the box. > > > > I particularly like Thinkpads because they hold up well to my rough > > handling. :-) > > > > Rich > > > > On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 19:04, Lonnie Borntreger wrote: > > > On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 16:34, Vincent Meyer, MD wrote: > > > > I'm finally at a point where I can retire the Gateway Solo 9100 I've > > > > been using for the last few years. It's the machine I use for both > > > > my day-to-day work and for cooker. Now comes the fun of selecting a > > > > new laptop to replace it. Suggestions from the cooker participants > > > > would be greatly appreciated. If this is considered too far off > > > > topic, feel free to answer off list. > > > > > > As long as you're running cooker, I don't think it's off-topic. > > > > > > Anyway, to answer your real question. I've been running cooker on an > > > IBM T23 for 4 months now without a hitch. Sound, video, dvd, etc. all > > > work perfectly (initial install with 8.2, then made the switch to > > > cooker). I haven't "installed" 9.0, so I don't know if there are any > > > glitches with that. > > > > > > > > > TTFN, > > > Lonnie Borntreger > > > > -- > > ars Cognita Richard Tango-Lowy > > --------------------- > > President > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 603 424-0713
