Re: [newbie] Who makes a good laptop?( A bit off topic)
John Layt wrote: On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 00:05, Marc wrote: I have a friend that is shopping for a new laptop. Quality and being 100 ML compatible are both very important. as is wireless networking. Can anyone here make some suggestions as to a brand or model number. Thanks Marc I have a Dell Inpiron i8600, and it works well, almost all the features now supported out of the 10.1 box or with a little tweaking. IBM is obviously another well suported brand, and HP has actually started selling a linux laptop. A couple of excellent on-line resources with lots of reviews and configuration hints are: http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ http://tuxmobil.org/ As for wireless, there's the chipsets for which we have real drivers, then there's Intel's Centrino chips and Broadcom's chips which are very common and for which you would need to use NDISWrapper from http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ . Any specific questions, feel free to ask. John. I have a Dell Inspiron 5150 and it is 99% functional. only thing I couldn't get running was the dialup modem. The wireless is broadcom, so the same ndiswrapper is needed to get that working.. Nvidia driver for 3d video and the sound needed some tinkering, but then worked fine. rgds Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Who makes a good laptop?( A bit off topic)
Vincent Voois wrote: Quality and being 100% ML compatible are pretty high demands. The most known brands have their problems and issues, but if you always handle a laptop with care, the most will remain good. I don't know about 100% ML compatability, but about quality of the known brands: I recall a Dutch magazine did a test with 7 different brands of laptops and this was not just a laboratory test, they took 'em into the heat of the Saharah, the cold of the Artic and the wets of the jungle. The purpose was eventually to get them really broken and most of pack couldn't handle the heat, two couldn't handle the extreme cold, just one unknown japanese brand survived the test. And the test-team expected to make it the honorable award-winner by smashing it with a sledgehammer. Though the TFT screen and the keyboard both were totally carnage, when an external monitor and keyboard were connected, the laptop was still performing like nothing happened :P The moral of the story:Quality is not hidden in the name of the beast. Marc wrote: I have a friend that is shopping for a new laptop. Quality and being 100 ML compatible are both very important. as is wireless networking. Can anyone here make some suggestions as to a brand or model number. Thanks Marc They say that 95% of laptops are made by only 3 or 4 big manufacturers, and that includes all the big brand names.. The manufacturer of Dell laptops is usually Quanta, and Compal make a good many of the others. Rgds Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Who makes a good laptop?( A bit off topic)
I have a friend that is shopping for a new laptop. Quality and being 100 ML compatible are both very important. as is wireless networking. Can anyone here make some suggestions as to a brand or model number. Thanks Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Who makes a good laptop?( A bit off topic)
On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 00:05, Marc wrote: I have a friend that is shopping for a new laptop. Quality and being 100 ML compatible are both very important. as is wireless networking. Can anyone here make some suggestions as to a brand or model number. Thanks Marc I have a Dell Inpiron i8600, and it works well, almost all the features now supported out of the 10.1 box or with a little tweaking. IBM is obviously another well suported brand, and HP has actually started selling a linux laptop. A couple of excellent on-line resources with lots of reviews and configuration hints are: http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ http://tuxmobil.org/ As for wireless, there's the chipsets for which we have real drivers, then there's Intel's Centrino chips and Broadcom's chips which are very common and for which you would need to use NDISWrapper from http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ . Any specific questions, feel free to ask. John. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Who makes a good laptop?( A bit off topic)
Quality and being 100% ML compatible are pretty high demands. The most known brands have their problems and issues, but if you always handle a laptop with care, the most will remain good. I don't know about 100% ML compatability, but about quality of the known brands: I recall a Dutch magazine did a test with 7 different brands of laptops and this was not just a laboratory test, they took 'em into the heat of the Saharah, the cold of the Artic and the wets of the jungle. The purpose was eventually to get them really broken and most of pack couldn't handle the heat, two couldn't handle the extreme cold, just one unknown japanese brand survived the test. And the test-team expected to make it the honorable award-winner by smashing it with a sledgehammer. Though the TFT screen and the keyboard both were totally carnage, when an external monitor and keyboard were connected, the laptop was still performing like nothing happened :P The moral of the story:Quality is not hidden in the name of the beast. Marc wrote: I have a friend that is shopping for a new laptop. Quality and being 100 ML compatible are both very important. as is wireless networking. Can anyone here make some suggestions as to a brand or model number. Thanks Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
