1. No PS/2 port, so you need to get a USB mouse
2. 802.11b is an option you may need to purchase separately
3. Celeron processor (1.8GHz) -- but works with XP surprisingly well (fast! Even on 128MB RAM)
4. External floppy drive
5. It gets really hot ! So don't work with it on your lap.
If you are planning to install Linux, you'll need the following information:
1. Sub-pixel positioning in Linux. The default fonts and anti-aliasing do *not* look good on the LCD screen. To me, it looked like seeing the text through the bottom of a beer glass (flecks of red and blue on the edges). Or you can reduce the font size to 9 pt or below.
2. Upgrade your RAM to 512 MB. The default 128MB RAM is barely enough if you plan on installing RH9 and KDE. The swapping to hard disk is irritating because of the slow hard disk inside.
I'm running very happily on RH9 + XFCE4 with 2 Apache web server instances, Firebird database and Eclipse IDE on this notebook ! This model actually won several awards for price/performance, and I think this notebook is really cheap for IBM Thinkpad quality (I'm particularly addicted to the keyboard, which is the most comfortable I have ever used, and not as fragile as Dell's notebooks).
Hope this helps !
Regards, pascal chong
Net Llama! wrote:
On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Joel Hammer wrote:
I need to buy a laptop in the next week for a trip. I don't think I can get a laptop loaded with linux during that time so I will likely just get an XP machine and either remove XP or dual boot it sometime down the road.
So, my question, any laptop suggestions that would play well with linux?
And, if so, which flavor of linux?
I think I should get a wireless enabled laptop, too.
I've got a Sharp MV12W with RH9 on it that works rather well. Has a builtin CDRW/DVD drive, integrated 802.11b: http://www.sharpsystems.com/tmplproduct_mv12.asp
I got mine on eBay for $800 refurbished.
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