Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-27 Thread Linux Lingam
Take a look at http://www.emperorlinux.com/ - their Gazelle series come with an ATI X1600 and seems to work out of the box ( again, not sure how shipping / support into India will work though! ) bingo! that's what i need. some of their laptops can cost till USD 9800+... however, they have no

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-26 Thread Pratul Kalia
Hi all Just been reading this thread, how about Thinkpads from IBM? Don't they come with Linux pre-installed? cheers pratul -- Incoming! Freed.in 2009, 20-21 February. dum vivimus, vivamus. http://pratul.in ___ ilugd mailinglist --

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-26 Thread Linux Lingam
dear karanbir, always refreshing and stimulating to hear from the bleeding-edge from you. [snip] do you want linux preinstalled for hardware compatibility check or to not pay the MS tax ? in case its the latter, you might be able to get a refund, or just not pay for it upfront. Vendor

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-26 Thread Chirag Anand
Well, i searched the internet and asked my friends. After all this, i found out that acer is giving a good configuration for a lesser price. Can anyone tell me their or their friends' expirience with Acer?? And I sent a mail to DELL asking about Linux/Free DOS. So they called me up today and told

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-26 Thread Swapnil Bhartiya
And all this without Windows vista and MS works, they are giving Free DOS. They quoted the price at Rs. 34,802 (including some taxes, they gave me rebate on 4% VAT). But if you look at the left most configuration in the link, you will see the price at Rs. 35,900 (exclusive of taxes). So,

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-26 Thread Karanbir Singh
Linux Lingam wrote: am through with the 'anti-ms' emotion long ago. don't care about them anymore. am only interested in 100% linux hardware compatibility on my gear. thus, looking for a high-end laptop that comes pre-installed with gnu/linux with all the bits at 100% compatibility. i am

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-25 Thread Chirag Anand
HP seem to do a fairly good series these days, dont look at their very-low end line up though. The good thing about HP is that all their laptops have options for pretty much any sort of attachment you might want or addons etc - and they dont mind third party bits in their laptops ( my hp

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-25 Thread Karanbir Singh
Chirag Anand wrote: What will happen to my warranty if in case i buy extra memory/space/battery from external vendors? you should speak with your Vendor about that before you buy it. The HP reseller I got my laptop from didnt have any problems, so the 3 yr warranty stayed in place, even

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-25 Thread Chirag Anand
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Chirag Anand wrote: What will happen to my warranty if in case i buy extra memory/space/battery from external vendors? you should speak with your Vendor about that before you buy it. The HP reseller I got my laptop

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-25 Thread Karanbir Singh
Chirag Anand wrote: Just saw the crucial website, the prices are more than what we get in nehru place in delhi. And they dont have India in their shipping countires list?? thats ok, since I am in the UK and they ship to the UK :D Then workout how well the laptops are built and how long the

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-25 Thread Raj Mathur
On Tuesday 25 Nov 2008, Chirag Anand wrote: Just saw the saber notebooks...found them a bit expensive. I also want to buy a notebook, my price range is not that high. I want to keep it around 45K (preferably below). And of course with Linux/Free DOS, dont wanna waste bucks on windows. Though

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-25 Thread Nalin Savara
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 25 Nov 2008, Chirag Anand wrote: Just saw the saber notebooks...found them a bit expensive. I also want to buy a notebook, my price range is not that high. I want to keep it around 45K (preferably below). And

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-24 Thread Karanbir Singh
Linux Lingam wrote: wow! karanbir, that's an eye-opener. i was not aware of sager-ratna or clevo. googled this: http://www.xoticpc.com/index.php why not get in touch with sagernotebook.com and ask them directly if they are aware of anyone selling their kit in India ? pretty neat. a

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-22 Thread Linux Lingam
plenty of people sell the sager/clevo variety preloaded with Linux, depending on where you are based you might even find someone local who has something in stock. wow! karanbir, that's an eye-opener. i was not aware of sager-ratna or clevo. googled this: http://www.xoticpc.com/index.php

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-21 Thread Karanbir Singh
Linux Lingam wrote: everyone focusses on 'cheap' or 'low-cost' linux laptops, especially netbooks. what i'm looking for is the opposite: the top-most, high-end laptop in the market, that ships with gnu/linux pre-installed, plenty of people sell the sager/clevo variety preloaded with Linux,

[ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-20 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, everyone focusses on 'cheap' or 'low-cost' linux laptops, especially netbooks. what i'm looking for is the opposite: the top-most, high-end laptop in the market, that ships with gnu/linux pre-installed, or has the market forgotten that gnu/linux is also about performance? i don't care

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-20 Thread Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह)
Niyam, On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Linux Lingam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dear all, everyone focusses on 'cheap' or 'low-cost' linux laptops, especially netbooks. what i'm looking for is the opposite: the top-most, high-end laptop in the market, that ships with gnu/linux pre-installed,