Larry Doolittle wrote:
On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 09:40:08PM -0700, Eric Brombaugh wrote:
I've been glancing over some of the inexpensive Linux-based
netbooks lately - a tad underpowered, but potentially useful and cheap
enough to take a flyer on. I'm curious how useful a 1024x800 screen
- Closed source OS rubs some folks the wrong way - even when they
provide free development tools documentation for coding on top of
the OS, not having access to the guts is annoying.
It actually can be anywhere from irrelevant to intolerable, depending
on what you're trying to do. For me,
On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 02:48 -0500, der Mouse wrote:
- Closed source OS rubs some folks the wrong way - even when they
provide free development tools documentation for coding on top of
the OS, not having access to the guts is annoying.
It actually can be anywhere from irrelevant to
I am very much an open-source proponent. As I mentioned in my
previous post, I run Gentoo Linux on my Apple MacBook Pro. Linux runs
very fast and problem free on it, and the graphic programs like gEDA
are especially awesome on its 1920 x 1200 screen resolution. Its true
that
Stuart Brorson wrote:
My old laptop has gotten old and is starting to act like it should be
retired. I use it for hacking (including working on gEDA stuff on
those now rare occasions when I get to it), writing, accessing the
net, and as the primary computer when I travel. Its replacement
Stephen Williams wrote:
I'd have to say I'm terribly spoiled by my Macbook Pro.
As an original Macbook owner, I can definitely recommend the Macbooks.
Put simply, they're as close as you can get to a Linux laptop and
have stuff still work. :)
Definitely load up on the RAM, though. The
Stephen Williams wrote:
I just can't say enough good things about my Mackbook Pro. The
only glaring issue, is the price.
I've been happy with Apple laptops for a few years now. I got an iBook
back in '03 which is still in daily use and a newer Macbook about a year
ago which is working well.
I just can't say enough good things about my Mackbook Pro. [...]
I've been happy with Apple laptops for a few years now. [...]
To offer a slight counterweight to the Apple gushiness...I wouldn't. I
once had an Apple laptop for a week or so, and I wouldn't recommend
them unless you find
On Jan 2, 2009, at 9:02 PM, der Mouse wrote:
I just can't say enough good things about my Mackbook Pro. [...]
I've been happy with Apple laptops for a few years now. [...]
To offer a slight counterweight to the Apple gushiness...I wouldn't.
Despite being one of the earlier 'gushy' folks,
On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 09:40:08PM -0700, Eric Brombaugh wrote:
I've been glancing over some of the inexpensive Linux-based
netbooks lately - a tad underpowered, but potentially useful and cheap
enough to take a flyer on. I'm curious how useful a 1024x800 screen
would be for gEDA/PCB.
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 02:01:12PM -0800, Dave N6NZ wrote:
One thing I've always liked about the Thinkpad's/Lenovo's is the
excellent feel and behavior of the pressure stick. Works great. My
new Lenovo has both a stick (which I like and use) and also a scratcher,
which keeps getting in
Hi --
Please accept my apologies for this off-topic post. However, I
figured that folks on this list are knowledgable about this type of
thing.
My old laptop has gotten old and is starting to act like it should be
retired. I use it for hacking (including working on gEDA stuff on
those now rare
Stuart -
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 07:33:13AM -0500, Stuart Brorson wrote:
Ordinarily I'd buy a reconditioned IBM Stink Pad from IBM, and then
stick Fedora on it. Stink Pads are mechanically robust, and they play
with Linux easily. However, IBM has sold the Stink Pad division to
China, and I
So, does anybody in here have recommendations for a good laptop?
Mine is a Dell Inspiron 6400 and it works just fine with Fedora. You
can try it out at the code sprint if you like. AFAIK the Dell Vostro
line is also based on this same platform - I got one for my mom but it
runs Windows so I
On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 07:33 -0500, Stuart Brorson wrote:
So, does anybody in here have recommendations for a good laptop? Or
do you have any laptops to avoid?
I'm a gEDA user who happens to work for HP in a relevant role. See
www.gag.com/~bdale for details if you wish.
All of the notebook
I have used sony, toshiba, dell, think pads etc. they all seem about
equal quality.
So have you decided what is important to you such as
is light weight and small more or less important then screen size?
minimum number of usb ports
do you need an rs232 jack? (these are getting harder to find)
On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 09:13 -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote:
On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 07:33 -0500, Stuart Brorson wrote:
So, does anybody in here have recommendations for a good laptop? Or
do you have any laptops to avoid?
I'm a gEDA user who happens to work for HP in a relevant role. See
Stuart Brorson wrote:
So, does anybody in here have recommendations for a good laptop? Or
do you have any laptops to avoid?
Well, when I was looking for a *nix laptop that was minimum hassle to
maintain, I went with a Macbook, and it was a good decision. gEDA and
all of my other *nix tools
I've also been using a MacBook (Pro). Very solid, easy to use GUI with
lots of point and click support for different file formats (handy when
viewing/porting graphics files), and it's *nix. People have ported lots
of open source tools to the Mac (See Fink, MacPorts). I have 4GB of RAM
and
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Ken Lauffenburger k...@aavatech.com wrote:
One more recommendation for MacBook Pro. I bought this unit (17
version maxed out) a year ago and I love it. No hardware or software
problems so far and screaming fast. I use VMware Fusion to run Gentoo
I use a wireless Logitech lazer 3-button mouse (actually two buttons
and a center wheel). I don't think I would be able to do it with a
one-button mouse either, or the touch pad for that matter.
One issue with the mouse that I can't seem to get around is that the
center button
Mark Rages wrote:
I use a similar, but lower-end, setup, with Ubuntu under virtualbox on
a 1st-gen macbook.
It works, but I much prefer CAD work on a real desktop with a
multi-button mouse. It's hard for me to even function in gEDA with
the one-button mouse. How to you guys cope?
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Ken Lauffenburger k...@aavatech.com wrote:
One more recommendation for MacBook Pro. I bought this unit (17
version maxed out) a year ago and I love it. No hardware or software
problems so far and screaming fast. I use VMware Fusion to run Gentoo
I am at the second laptop now. And I had trouble installing Slackware on
both.
With the first one, a MSI L720, I had problems with sound and wireless but
I had them working after a week of net digging and a few hours of kernel
hacking.
With today's kernels it would probably work out of the box
[snip]
So, does anybody in here have recommendations for a good laptop? Or
do you have any laptops to avoid?
I am a big fan of IBM Thinkpads. There is no reason why
you could not find an older referbished Thinkpad that isn't manufactured
by Leveno.
A number of people are
Stuart Brorson wrote:
So, does anybody in here have recommendations for a good laptop?
Or do you have any laptops to avoid?
ASUS makes laptops that you can get with no OS installed. They run
Linux fine.
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