I've been happy with my Sony Vaio PCG-Z505HS. It's running woody with little trouble, and is very nice and small. I don't think it's marketed anymore, but I'm sure there's a functional equivalent. Woody needed one parameter changed to boot with the CD-ROM plugged in; if you go that route let me know and I'll find the param.
ap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Larry Colen wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 03:38:29PM -0700, Jeremy Zawodny wrote: > > > > > > Reccomendations? Units to avoid? > > > > What price range? I suspect that'll be a very important factor... > > It's kind of hard to get a straight answer out of them on that issue. > They want me to show that the unit is comprable in features to the one > I lost. The woman at the insurance company I talked to seemed to > expect that there would be some bargaining involved. I might be able > to say "This unit is comparable to the one I lost and costs $1500, but > I want this one with these features for $2500, will you pay $1500 > towards it?". > > I noticed that Emperorlinux.com has three laptops in that size range > for around $1900. The Piranha (fujitsu p-2120) seems pretty nice: > http://www.emperorlinux.com/piranha.html > > At the moment, what is important to me is: > > Reliable > Able to get the insurance to pay for (most of) it > Runs Linux > Small size > As many dots on the LCD as I can get > > The more research I can do, the better argument I can make for > whatever one I want. Of course, what I would want to do is find > both high and low prices so I can say: This one over here with almost > no features costs $2500, but this other one, with the features I want > is only $1900. > > Larry > > -- > I've found something worse than oldies station that play the music I used to > listen to. Oldies stations that play the "new" music I used to complain about. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
