Did someone miss mentioning www.aci-asia.com ? I am myself planning to buy a laptop for under 40k. ya ya ..i know..but thats all i got for a laptop.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharninder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Linux-Delhi mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 9:05 PM Subject: Re: [ilugd] [OT] Suggestion for laptop > Hi Sandeep, > > > I have been looking around for a laptop which is somewhat Linux friendly, and > > is cheap and offers good value for money. Till now have been finding Dell > > Inspiron 5150 quite attractive. Have any of you had any experience with it? > > > > Unless you've made up your mind to go in for Dell, I would like to > suggest that you buy an IBM Thinkpad instead, even if they cost you a > bit more. Acer is also not bad and as far as I know, they used to be the > official OEMs for notebooks for IBM. If you know someone who has a Dell, > test drive both a thinkpad and the Dell and you'll know the difference. > > > > Any other suggestions of laptops are welcome. I would like one which offers > > wifi, atleast 40GB HDD, 15"+ monitor, and till I am sure about linux > > compatibility - preferably no Centrino. (The Dell one is probably Centrino > > though :-P ). I heard even Dell 600m is nice. > > Dell tech support is bad and if you want anything other than the basic > model, you have to shell out quite a bit and the order would take close > to a month after the payment is realised !! And they refuse to take > questions regarding linux. > If you have the money, I would suggest going in for an apple powerbook > instead. You can't get a better machine than that !! > > HTH > -- Sharninder > > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
