On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 06:34, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > I would like to get opinions from those possesing linux compatible notebooks > without any driver problem. Further I would like to ask those possessing > intel centrino based notebooks their usability in linux for wireless > connection. Mine will be general purpose using productivity apps and also > video and audio playing from cds and dvds in addition to internet oriented > jobs.
Mines too old to find on the net anymore. Ones I've had success with. IBM Thinkpads Dell Inspirons. Ones I've had to do a little head standing but not too hard. Toshiba Compaq -- (Mines an older M700) HP Don't touch. Anything with SiS chips for video. Suggestions. the closer you get to the cutting edge of hardware the more problems you will have. No matter what OS. The faster the DVD CD-rom drive the more noise a lot of CD's will make. (and I do mean loud! for some.) I've only played with p/X Celeron and AMD CPU's not sure on the Centrino. On built in Modems, some do, some kinda do, and some won't work. Don't count on it working (drivers are an after market product and quite often are 4 or 5 kernel revs behind if they come from the manufacturer.) Look on the Laptops website for info about Linux. The more you see the better your chances, Some like HP will (you have to look hard) Sell a laptop with MDK pre-installed and working on some models. Most important. Before you put down the green verify their return policy, concerning a 3rd party OS if you will do a self install. Some are considerate, some want 15% restock fee. Some are just plain a-holes. Best to find out upfront. Had a friend who bought a laptop from a local store, in the box. Got it home and the LCD was cracked. The dang store wanted a 15% fee to exchange it. (BTW they didn't get it, this was 2 years ago and the chain is now out of business.) I've done this for a couple of people (just in case to make sure that it will install and run right. Shrink the windows partition to as little as is reasonable (round up to the nearest GB) Then install Linux on the rest. If it doesn't work you can use MDK or Partition Magic to re-enlarge the windows partition and then return it, OS intact. With Lilo you just need to run lilo -u to re-install the bootloader back to the pre-Linux days. I'm not sure how to de-grub a box. James
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