Timely news on this topic at /. http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/04/01/26/1148256.shtml?tid=118&tid=137&tid=187&tid=193
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 11:46 PM Subject: Re: [eug-lug]Laptops? > What model? I was pretty set on the Sony TR2's until I found my Fujitsu > P5020D. I think it is a better value, unless you get an iBook = ) > > Ben > > PS - The intel 855GM chipset is not terribly-well supported in linux these > days, it is of the i810 ilk. The future is bright, but far away -- Intel > has not been releasing their specs from what I understand. I hear 1280x768 > is not a VESA standard anyway... beware of centrino in general. Driver > progress pushes on, so do your homework on google, forums, and sourceforge. > Maybe you were looking at the Z1 or V505 models? Not quite sub-, > but they appear lighter than most notebooks. > > > On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 23:32:42 -0800 (PST) > "Robert M. Solovay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > | > | I'm thinking of getting a SONY Vaio sub-notebook laptop. Any comments > | about them or what online store to buy/ not buy them would be greatly > | appreciated. > | > | --Bob Solovay > _______________________________________________ > EuG-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
