Something around that $1800 mark would be nice. I could spend more.
I have heard good things about The ThinkPad's. I guess Neo Magic Video
is what you want. Just need to find out which laptops use Neo Magic Video
chips.. Thanks
Jeanette
----- Original Message -----
From: Lee Burnside <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 3:55 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Laptops and Mandrake 6
> At some point in the distant past you said:
> > I need some advice before I buy a laptop. I want to dual boot 98 and
> > Mandrake 6 Venus. I have never installed Linux on a lap top
> > and I would like to know which models are most compaitable since I
really
> > want it to work well. I need x to work and prefer KDE.
> > Does anyone have any experience with Laptops who can give me some good
> > choices.
>
> Most of the ThinkPads are pretty well behaved, at least as far as laptops
> go. I've installed on the following IBM models;
> 365XD; P5-120, 24MB, .7GB, 800x600 (everything worked although X
> took some effort)
> 380D; P5-150, 48MB, 2.1GB, 800x600 (worked after Neomagic released
> API to XFree)
> 600; P6-300, 64MB, 4.3GB, 1024x768 (everything except modem works)
> 770X; P6-300, 64MB, 8.4GB, 1024x768 (wonderful machine with a BIG
> price tag)
> I'm currently using a Toshiba Satellite 4030CDT, 64MB, 4.3GB, 1024x768.
The
> internal modem is hopeless, PCMCIA was somewhat of a pain to set up, and I
> had to patch the Xserver, but since I only paid $1800US, it was an
excellent
> deal. Very stable and reasonably quick, fairly good active matrix screen
> although the backlighting is a bit uneven. Mandrake installed nicely with
a
> couple of required adjustments to the BIOS.
>
> I haven't had many comepletely failed installations on laptops, but almost
> all of them have been a little tricky. I know a guy with an old Fujitsu
> Lifebook that has a different problem with each new release of RedHat.
> Another friend has this monstrous Prostar notebook with a 15.1" screen,
> everything works fine but the thing weighs as much as a large dog., and
the
> installation was a nightmare.
>
> What's your budget? If you can afford a decent ThinkPad, they're great
> machines. Maybe you can catch a good model in a closeout sale.
>
>
