On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 4:24 AM, Mani A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Re: [ilugd] Advice on buying a laptop and reclaiming M$ tax > > Manish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Yashpal Nagar wrote: > > > Asus Eee PC 900 seems to be a great deal if you really serious > about > > > Linux as the OS & value for money. > > > > > > > First, I thought it's kinda like a toy and then I found out that > > people installed Debian on this and that it runs Firefox and Emacs, > > has WiFi and boots very fast.. what else does one need? > > > > > > This is the key question and I need to get a laptop in a hurry. I > > wish I could wait for it. :( > > > > You must see the HCL MiLeap L laptop then, it comes with Edubuntu, > 900Mhz processor, 30GB HDD, 512MB RAM, > <16K and locally available. > > > Best > > > A. Mani > > > -- > A. Mani > Member, Cal. Math. Soc > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
Yeah HCL MiLeap L laptop seems to be a good bet as it's quite cheap on pocket and has decent features as well. As a matter of fact one can choose any laptop available around and install Linux on it. Also as far as my knowledge of licenses of Microsoft goes, you can even claim the money back from OEM vendors if you don't intend to use the Microsoft's Operating System and/or other applications on the machine. However it's the OEM vendor who will refund the money and not Microsoft. Just check that the hardware in your machine is compatible with HCL of Linux, I found myself in real trouble sometime back when I bought a new laptop and found that the sound card and modem are on a single PCI chip and till date the problem is not resolved. So just see that you get a laptop which has graphics card, sound card and modem on separate PCI chips and drivers for them are freely available on Linux. ATI is a bad example of proprietary drivers based graphics card. It just works sometimes and at other times it will irritate me to extreme. I'd suggest any laptop with a Nvidia graphics card, Creative Soundblaster audio and maybe a Conexant modem. Rest of the components don't make much of a difference as far as compatibility with Linux is concerned. Wifi still gives troubles so choose appropriate distribution or make use of NdisWrapper. Hope the suggestion helps you in making good decision while purchasing your laptop. Regards, Mayank _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
