On Saturday 21 June 2003 18:58, Ed Jaeger wrote: > I just got a close-out R31 for $999. DVD, built in wireless, 30gb. I > shrunk the XP partition down & put on RH9 - minimum of problems (mostly > of my own making), everything works including the internal modem! If > you don't need to dual boot just wipe the disk and start from scratch, > but it doesn't come with any XP media so it's a one-way trip.
Hi Ed, IBM does seem to make notebooks that Linux likes. I once put Mandrake 8.1 on an IBM Thinkpad iSeries 1400, which is a 366C. It only has a 4.5 GB disk, 192 MB of RAM and a NeoMagic MagicGraph 256AV video card with 2.5 MB of VRAM, but it worked pretty well. The video was kind of slow, but the screwball NeoMagic video card was even recognized! The only trouble I had was finding a way to get my PCMCIA NIC to work. I can't remember what I did to solve that one, but I must have replaced it with a more widely know brand. Although certainly not ideal with today's Linux, it still worked pretty well. Actually, it was a pretty cool notebook in its day. 3-spindle design (which was a deciding factor in my purchase) and great feature where you can use the cd rom drive as a cd player with the display closed up. It has front panel playback controls. Since I used to travel a lot, it was nice not to have to bring a traditional portable cd player. Does anyone still make them like that? I haven't really taken a look since I bought that one. Best, -- Gary L. Allen "To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit." -Stephen Hawking _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
