I live in Mashad and I'm far away from travelling to Dubai or Turkey to purchase one on my own, you may guess why;-)
--- Aryan Ameri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 26 November 2003 07:39, ocean wrote: > > I'm wondering if u could help me buy the most > > compatible laptop with linux (RH,Suse,Mandrake) > > preferably raw( I don't really feel like paying > > hundreds of thousands of tomans for windoze!) > > > > Any suggestions most appreciated. > > > Well, compatibility between laptops and Linux is > well documented on the > web. try a google search, and you'll find lots of > documents. > http://www.linux-laptop.net/ is a good place to > start. Also take a look > at this tldp document here > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Laptop-HOWTO.html > > My experience is that I have a IBM ThinkPad A31, and > it's rock solid. > Everything works with Linux, except the included > winmodem, which wasn't > a big problem for me cause I bought a PCMCIA modem > for a mere $30. But > ThinkPad A series is a desktop repalcement, which > means it's not very > thin. The R seriers is better for you if you are a > frequent traveller. > All of it's hardware works with Linux, including the > power panagement, > and the Modem. Generaly If you want to buy a laptop, > I suggest going > the IBM route. They are a bit overpriced, but you > get what you pay for. > Also IBM is generaly Linux-Firendly. If you ask > their support, Linux > related questions, they generaly say:Linux is an > unsopported OS, but > then they go on and will give you tons of > information and will assist > you in any possible way. Besides, many IBMers use > Linux themselves, so > they know what they talk about. It's much different > from say, Sony. I > asked the same question (about Linux support) from a > sony support guy, > and he was like "Uh... What is Linux?" > > > The other choice of course, is going the Mac route. > Mac laptops are very > popular among open source people these days. I was > looking at some > shots from LinuxWord this year, and nearly everybody > and their dog had > a Mac. More on that below. > > About getting raw laptop, and not paying for > Windows, you won't be that > succesful with major brands. There are some small > sompanies which sell > Linux loaded laptops, but they are small unknown > companies. All major > brands (Simens, Toshiba, IBM, Dell, etc) pre load > their laptop with > Windows, so it means you pay for your windows > license. You have the > option of sending back your software, and getting a > refund for it, but > my experience, as well as that of Arash Zeini, shows > that this never > works. If you really do not want to pay money to MS, > then I suggest > buying a Mac. > > The Mac, is a wonderful choice for a laptop. because > of limited variety > of hardware, mostly linux works on all of the Mac > laptops, with no > problem. If you have a budget of about $1000 to > $1500, I strongly > suggest you consider the new iBook G4. It's such a > wonderful laptop, > for such a low price, that my flat mate here has > fallen in love with > it, and is going to buy one very soon. Usually > people think of Mac as > expensive. I tell you, the new iBook G4, is real > cheap, comparing to > the competition. 256 MB DDR RAM, a 14.1' crisp TFT > screen, 5 hours > battery life, a G4 processor, and a decent ATI > graphics card with 40 GB > of fast HDD, a CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive, all for a mere > $1300. It's a > win-win IMHO. If you are in a Univ, you can buy it > from your > University's Apple reperesetative, and apply for the > educational > discount, which will bring the price down to > something like one grand. > > And certainly, we all love the iPod, don't we? :-D > > Besides, you actualy get to play with a new OS (if > you decide to use Mac > OS X), a new architecture, and a whole new idea of > computing. It's > certainly worth the money. > > Of course, you didn't say where you are, so I > assumed that you have the > option of buying your hardware from a country with > real support from > these companies. If you are in Iran, and don't have > the option of > buying from over seas, then that's a completely > different situation. > > Still, most Iranians have the option of travelling > to Dubai or Turkey > from time to time, and buying from these places is > much better than > going to Paytakht or Reza and buying from someone > who doesn't know the > difference between a typewriter and a computer. > > just my 2 pence. > -- > /* "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, > every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a > theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those > who are cold and are not clothed."*/ > --President Eisenhower > > Aryan Ameri > > > _______________________________________________ > bna-linuxiran mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bna-linuxiran __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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