some people would fiercely debate your statement about liking their products and the quality of said products, but that's not what i'm going to write about =] if your laptop is a p4 with hyperthreading and you're booting the SMP kernel, there's a known bug in FC1 (and probably other distros) where the SMP kernel will not boot properly. if this is the case for you, have you tried the non-SMP kernel? -d ----- Original Message ----- From: Caleb Rodriguez <calebsr2k@xxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 13:54:19 -0400 To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Anythnig to watch out for on a laptop? > Yes, try not to purchase a Sony. I did and several distros failed to > boot. I like Sony products, but their laptops do not seem to support > Linux as well. > > MacGyver > > > Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: WipeOut [mailto:wipe_out@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >>Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 9:03 PM > >>To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>Subject: Anythnig to watch out for on a laptop? > >> > >> > >>Hi, > >> > >>I just sold my old Laptop and so I am now looking for a new one.. > >> > >> > >Mee Too.. > > > > > > > >>Is there anything to stay away from that has major issues with FC or > >>Linux in general? > >> > >> > >Modems. 56K that is.. Unless you have broadband, so that's a non-issue. > > > > > > > >>Issues with built in WiFi? > >> > >> > >Working. Ndiswrapper. > > > > > > > >>Are Centrino's any good? It seems like they have taken a step > >>backwards and lowered the processor speed.. > >> > >> > > > >In some cases, the extra cache makes thing faster. eg: During video > >encoding, I compare (not apple to apple) on a D600 1.4G 512Ram vs > >2.4G P4 512M Ram (desktop). FPS using Helix Producer gets me like > >11-12 FPS vs 10-11 FPS on the desktop > > > >So.. you be the judge. > > > >Oh.. and Battery life if it's anything to you, the D600's Batt life > >sucks. 2:30 hours on a 6 cell. > > > >:( > > > >check-out tuxmobil.org to look at the laptops you're interested in. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Time will end all my troubles, but I don't always approve of Time's methods. +( duncan brown +( duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxx +( http://www.linuxadvocate.net
