Re: [vox-tech] buying a laptop
on Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 04:14:12PM -0800, Andrew Stein ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > any place that sells linux/windows dual boot high end > laptops? QLITech runs a solid business, and aquired the TuxTops line: http://www.qlitech.com/ I've had experience with the N20U, sold as the Amethyst by TuxTops, and the King (?) by QLITech. This is also available from Chembook. My general suggestion would be to find a good, solid, supported (from a hardware perspective) system. Note that moste manufacturers have both a consumer and a business line, with business costing far more. What you're buying is a far more robust machine though, in most cases. I'd also suggest doing a roll-your-own configuration. I've never been happy with an out-of-the-box Linux installation, I prefer my own configuration. If the new hardware market looks too pricy, take a look at the second-hand market, eBay, etc. There's some nice stuff out there at decent prices. Anything at 600 MHz, 256 MB, and up, should be more than sufficient, and that's 2 year old hardware. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Geek for hire: http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] buying a laptop
I can add a few comments. On Wednesday 27 November 2002 04:22 pm, Gabriel Rosa wrote: > Either way, Dell laptops seems to work pretty nicely for dual boot > (although I personally dislike them because they weight a ton and feel like > cheap plastic). The Dell Inspiron laptops handle linux well. Not sure about the very latest hardware (Dell changes it all the time), but through several generations and several friends, sound, HD's, modems, screens, etc. have been supported out-of-the-box. There's an excellent user-supported with lots of good info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/ I agree with Gabriel, somewhat, on robustness. I've not handled my machine roughly (e.g., I carry it around in a padded case, I do not move it around that much--few times a week perhaps, etc.), but I have friends who are not as careful and they've had problems with screen, fan, HD, and other things. The Dell machines are not the quietest in the world--lots of interesting, low-level clicks and buzzing and such. However, if you want desktop-quality performance in a laptop, the Inspirons are great. I think the feature/pound ratio is quite high. If you are more interested in minimizing pounds while keeping some minimum performance, you might investigate another line. I also agree that you might want to "do it yourself" when it comes to configuring your dual-boot machine. Dell gives very detailed information about the configuration of your machine when you put together your order, so you have all the info you need to do a little research to make sure the level of support in the Linux community is to your satisfaction. I've been doing this with Dell machines for years, and have not been burned yet. The importance of the familiarity you gain with your platform can not be underestimated. That said, I also appreciate that time is money. :) shawn. > On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 04:14:12PM -0800, Andrew Stein wrote: > > any place that sells linux/windows dual boot high end > > laptops? > > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] buying a laptop
Dell had redhat going on their systems as an option for a while. I'm not sure if they still do that. Either way, Dell laptops seems to work pretty nicely for dual boot (although I personally dislike them because they weight a ton and feel like cheap plastic). I suspect your best bet is to get a dell or an ibm (lots of linux people have thinkpads, from what i've seen) and do it yourself. -Gabe On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 04:14:12PM -0800, Andrew Stein wrote: > any place that sells linux/windows dual boot high end > laptops? > > ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] buying a laptop
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