There's an interesting article in Linux Magazine May 2004 on the other
Linux (powerPC), with a couple of references including:
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com and
http://www.maconlinux.org also
http://fink.sourceforge.net is worth a look
Cheers
Shane
On 19 Jun 2004, at 11:19 PM, Dean Hamstead
On Sat, 2004-06-19 at 20:09, Simon Males wrote:
Within the next four weeks, I wish to be the proud owner of a laptop.
Currently my target price is currently $2500. I do not want centrino
wireless tech because I plan to do some war driving and already have
PCMCIA card with the appropriate
I like IBM as it seems there is a possibility of customising the laptop
you order (online).
Acer, Dell, etc also offer this.
Hrm Acer, already tried.
www.acer.com.au BuildYourOwn Requires IE ?
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Within the next four weeks, I wish to be the proud owner of a laptop.
Currently my target price is currently $2500. I do not want centrino
wireless tech because I plan to do some war driving and already have
PCMCIA card with the appropriate pigtails etc, further there is limited
linux support
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Within the next four weeks, I wish to be the proud owner of a laptop.
Currently my target price is currently $2500. I do not want centrino
wireless tech because I plan to do some war driving and already have
PCMCIA card with the appropriate pigtails etc, further
quote(Simon Males);
Other things I feel I must have included: Firewire, which it seems that
many toshiba models lack. Audio must work, so should I pay attention to
the chipset. Possibly 64MB video (Nvidia I've had experience with
although I believe ATI has the portable market). Do not want
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i can vouch for an ibook. they are great.
dont look past powerpc's. linux runs perfectly
personally im running debian, but you can compile
stuff if you like (which i sometimes do)
works just like linux anywhere else.
Dean
Chris Deigan wrote:
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