I remember seeing some posts lately about laptop choices for Mandrake. Well, I finally found one that works incredibly well.
Asus makes a laptop called a D1 or D1000, and promotes it as a "desknote" PC, but it's actually a laptop which can also be used as a PC replacement. So, yesterday, I finally bit the bullet and bought one. These laptops are designed in such a way that you decide which CPU, Hard Drive, quantity of ram you want, and whether or not you want a battery or not. That might sound like a strange thing to say, but some people might want to use it solely as a PC replacement, in which case they wouldn't need a battery. The other nice thing about the way it's sold is that you can add or upgrade the parts yourself. The D1 is sort of a "Do-It-Yourself" laptop which means that upgrades are a snap, and if you don't want to spend a lot, this is definitely the way to go. Mandrake 9.2 detected everything, and set them up without so much as a burp! Essentially, everything is on-board. You still have a PCMCIA slot for extra devices ( and the drivers for the slot are installed and ready to go ), but Video, Lan, Modem, USB, CDRW\DVD, USB Wheel mouse ( My choice ) are all running perfectly. I haven't tried setting up the touchpad, but I don't like them anyways. Still, I'll probably give it a shot later today. Power management is working like a charm ( for a change ! ), even though it has never worked properly for me in Windows - not even on conventional PC's ! I ordered my D1 with a P4-2.4 Ghz CPU, 512 Mb DDR Ram, and a 40 Gb drive. Assembly took less than 30 minutes, and the O/S installed without a hitch. By assembling it myself, I even saved another $40.00 ! Not including taxes, this laptop cost me $1400.00 Canadian, and so far it's the best money I've ever spent. Time will tell, but I can't believe how easy it was. Check it out folks. It might be what you're looking for in a laptop. Lanman
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