On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 09:58:07AM +0100, stevendemetrius wrote: > > Have a look at this web site. > > http://tuxmobil.org/mylaptops.html > > I recommend IBM Thinpad with Etch.
Anyone bought one of these lately? I need to replace my old Toshiba I use for home/travel and I'm looking at the T60 wide screen. What I'm not clear on is how to configure it -- I'm just not that up on laptop hardware and what would work best for installing Debian with the least amount of fuss. I just don't have the free time I once had to get things working. Specifically, is there a good reason to pay $100 more for the ATI Radeon, and also which wireless to select. Those are the things I've had most trouble with in the past with laptops. http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/en/ It's not too hard to bump up the features to $2000USD -- which is a bit past my price point. Another random listing of T60s: http://www.bestbuybusiness.com/bbfb/en/US/adirect/bestbuy?matchKeyword=true&cmd=catSearchFrame&showAdvSearch=false&invokeSearch=true&startNewSearch=true&gotoAdvSearch=false&returnURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuybusiness.com%2Fbbfb%2Fen%2FUS%2Fadirect%2Fbestbuy%3Fcmd%3DPartnerHomePageDisplay&returnTarget=_top&doORSearch=false&matchPrimaryKeyword=true&matchKeywordDict=true&search=&OP=&searchType=&term=&categoryPath=&categoryIDs=&domProductQueryName=T60&by_category= And to pick one nice one at that $2000 level. http://www.bestbuybusiness.com/bbfb/en/US/adirect/bestbuy?cmd=catProductDetail&productID=BB10709865&operation=showDetails Oh, and any recommendations on where to buy? -- that is direct from Lenova vs. online. I do find the new Macbooks tempting, though. I have an iBook and I use it often for video ichat with work (I have an iSight camera). And I use it to bluetooth sync with my cell phone. But, I find it frustrating to use compared to my old Toshiba running Debian and icewm. Mac users must not have many windows open at the same time. ;) And I miss the online support that's available when running Debian. I had both Apple Care (phone support) and the people at the "Genius Bar" at the Apple store tell me to reinstall the OS when the problem was only a mis-configured /etc/cups/client.conf -- reminded me too much of the old days running Windows. -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
