He says he wants 64 bit because it's the newest and he doesn't want to have to upgrade hardware for a long time. I tried to tell him getting a 64 bit machine working could be a lot more work. He still claims that's what he wants. I've really never messed with 64 bit before this. My home machine is a Celeron 2.3 GHz with 2 GB RAM and my old laptop was Celeron 1.3 GHz with 768 MB RAM. I have a couple friends who have had good success with 64 bit systems, but this is my first experience with it. I've been using Linux as my only OS at home for about 7 yrs now. Granted - the hardware I was trying to install on wasn't Linux friendly, but I didn't have all that great of an experience with it for the first time. I'm trying to remain open-minded about it, but this has left a bad taste in my mouth.
------------------------------------------------------------ <>< Scott Vargovich <>< ------------------------------------------------------------ ~~~OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>¸. ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> Chat Google Talk: [email protected] Y! messenger: airpath_scottv MSN: [email protected] AIM: Airpath ScottV Contact Me [image: Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/tonyaw?v=wall&story_fbid=113208095380521#%21/?ref=home>[image: Twitter] <http://twitter.com/bluesfreak72> --- @ WiseStamp Signature<http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=y9hmyrgkp2n9b94h&site=www.wisestamp.com/email-install>. Get it now<http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=y9hmyrgkp2n9b94h&site=www.wisestamp.com/email-install> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Robert Citek <[email protected]>wrote: > Here are a few screeshots of Ubuntu Lucid running on a Dell Vostro > 3500 (~$700) and an Asus EeePC 1005HAB netbook (~$200): > > http://picasaweb.google.com/Robert.Citek/UbuntuLucid1004# > > I love the Asus for its compactness and portability, but it is not > 64-bit. The Dell works great as a portable desktop and is 64-bit. > > Out of curiosity, why a 64-bit laptop? That is, what applications > will your friend be running that require 64-bit? Or is the plan to > install a 32-bit OS on it anyways? > > Regards, > - Robert > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I have a friend who wants to buy a 64 bit laptop that one of you has had > > success installing Linux on. His budget is around $800. He's returning > a > > Toshiba Sattelite model whose internal wifi isn't supported at all. I'd > > like to find him one that has atheros-based wifi that madwifi recognizes > > without any hassle. The distro we want to use is Ubuntu / Mint. Please > > reply if you've had this type of experience with the brand / make of the > > laptop. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > Group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > > For more options, visit our group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > -- <>< Scott Vargovich <>< ------------------------------------------ OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E ------------------------------------------ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
