On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 15:02, Anthony Wood wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 02:29:46PM +1000, Eddie F wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm in the process of convincing the boss that I need a laptop for work > > purposes. Looks like Im doing well, so Ill probably be looking at which > > one to get over the next few weeks. > > > > I've bought a Dell 8500 in the last month ($4000 - 1Gb RAM 60 Gb Disk 2.4 Gh P4). > > Dell doesn't "support" linux on their laptops, but all the bits available with the > 8500 work under linux, with a bit of effort. Except the Truemobile 1300/1400 > minipci wireless card.
I can second that, I'm using one now, and I'm very happy with it. The screen is great, the video card looks wonderful, and the gigabit NIC works well too. Get the NVIDIA graphics card rather than the ATI one if you want good 3D performance, and don't bother buying the Dell wireless card. Anthony: did you manage to get Dell to swap over the truemobile? Mike -- __________________________________________________________________________ Mike MacCana Consultant RHCE, MCSE, MCP+I Cybersource: Providing Quality IT Professional Services for 11 Years Specialists in Unix/Linux, TCP/IP and Web Application Development Level 4, 10 Queen St, Melbourne. Ph : 03 9621 2377 Fax: 03 9621 2477 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
