On (23/04/05 13:35), Stephen Gran wrote: > Hello all, > > This is possibly OT for this list, and if so, please forgive me. My old > laptop is dying aslow death, and I am looking for a new one. I am > interested in trying the amd64 line, but I have no idea of the level of > support, or even fully the issues involved (pure 64 vs. 32/64 bit modes, > etc). IIRC the Debian port provides a pure 64 bit environment, which is > great, except that perhaps things like ndiswrapper will no longer work > for unsupported wireless cards, I would think. > > Can anyone please (off-list, if people feel it is OT) provide me with > links or information about the support levels, pros and cons, and perhaps > a recommendation for well supported laptops? I would very much > appreciate any information. Acers seem to be reasonably well supported - I've got an Aspire 1524WLMi on which most things worked 'out of the box'
Things I've not explored: Sleep/ suspend / powermanagement /cpu temp control WIFI I use it more as a portable workstation than a laptop - it's only got a 2 hour battery life. But it is great to work on with the wide-screen 1280X800 res Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
