Take a good look at the Dell Inspiron 7500 or whatever is equivalent
today. I have a 7000 and it has run both redhat and mandrake very very
well. Forget the internal modem for now although there have been some
rumors that I have not followed up on regarding linux using the
winmodem. There is a
Mike MacCana wrote:
Ron Stodden wrote:
Mark Belanger wrote:
Can anyone recommend a laptop that will
work well with Linux/Mandrake?
I'd prefer a modem that works, a screen resolution
greater than 1024x768. The cost is not really an issue.
My understanding is that
Mike MacCana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ron Stodden wrote:
and that the
industry standard is 800 x 600 (480,000 pixels).
That's not. You'll be hard pressed to find any PCs that aren't at least
caoable 1024 x 768 still in use [okay, you won't but they're still
massively outnumbered].
Can anyone recommend a laptop that will
work well with Linux/Mandrake?
I'd prefer a modem that works, a screen resolution
greater than 1024x768. The cost is not really an issue.
BTW: Dell has "temporarily" stopped offering linux
on their laptops. A sales rep told me that the
would be
Hi Mark,
I have LM 7.2 running on a Compaq Armada M700. Installation worked
out of the box, nothing to be painfully configure later. X was set
up as standard at installation time. Sound was recognized and
automatically configured. Only the modem is not working, because
that is a winmodem, but
Hey,
Here are some URL's to check out talking about linux and laptops.
Firstly the Linux Laptop SuperGuide
http://lhd.zdnet.com/superguides/laptops.html
Here is a linux specific laptop retailer.
http://www.tuxtops.com
Some linux on laptop web pages
I'm using an IBM thinkpad i series 1500 RR2, which means refurbished, but
most of the thinkpads do real well with Mandrake Linux. This system is
running Win2K and Mandrake 7.2 on a 12 GB harddrive, and have not had any
problerms with it.. I am using a pcmcia card that has both the ethernet
Mark Belanger wrote:
Can anyone recommend a laptop that will
work well with Linux/Mandrake?
I'd prefer a modem that works, a screen resolution
greater than 1024x768. The cost is not really an issue.
My understanding is that laptop screen resolution is fixed in
manufacture by the number
Ron Stodden wrote:
Mark Belanger wrote:
Can anyone recommend a laptop that will
work well with Linux/Mandrake?
I'd prefer a modem that works, a screen resolution
greater than 1024x768. The cost is not really an issue.
My understanding is that laptop screen resolution is fixed in
Mark Belanger wrote:
Can anyone recommend a laptop that will
work well with Linux/Mandrake?
I'd prefer a modem that works,
http://www.kcdata.com/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
About 1/2 way down this page, follow the link "View entire table" which will
give you a headstart on eliminating models
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