While it is a bit clunky in size and weight, my Thinkpad G40 works really well running FC3. On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 15:10:01 -0800, Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mike Hoy wrote: > > i'm curently researching laptops as well. > > > > ibm's are highly recommended, but use ATI stuff. But they have the best > > keyboards and the owner of Emperor Linux told me flat out that anything > > after a T-21 is gonna work well with Linux. He also will put LInux on > > your laptop for 350 bucks if it's a model that he uses in his store. His > > people write a special kernel just for the laptop and the distro you > > want. I believe he supports FC3. so if you buy a IBM t-21 or later and > > then have trouble you can pay them 350 bucks for an install and it comes > > with a recovery partition and a user's manual specific to your model and > > distro. > > > > i think the price is too high personally. But the IBM is worth it. The > > keyboard alone has sold me. > > > > I bought a compq r3000 presario and have it all working fine, but i > > wouldn't do it again had i had the chance to. he offered to install > > linux on it for me but said it would cost more thatn 350 bucks because > > he has no experience writing kernels for compaq/hp. > > > > bottom line: > > > > buy a IBM t-21 or later > > or a dell with nvidia card > > don't buy HP/Compaq - not that they're impossible to setup, mine works, > > but major headache > > also check out emperor linux site and give them a call! > > talk with the technician that answers the phone. they don't mind > > discussing which laptop you should buy if you may consider letting the > > isntall linux for you. It can be a real education. > > I'm using a Fujitsu Lifebook C2220. Works great under FC3 except for > the need for ndiswrapper to drive the Broadcom wireless. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - > - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - > - - > - Careful! Ugly strikes 9 out of 10 people! - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- Richard Humphrey
