Greetings
> Compaq is good in my experience. The only models that are bad are
> Presarios which are aimed at the home user. I have a concerto (486
> laptop) and three prosignias (a 486 and two P150s) all running linux
> fine. The raid arrays of the prosignias are supported directly. One of
> the P150s is now running FreeBSD, fairly well too despite my lack of
> knowledge.
>
> What do you call a senior box anyway?
My Compaqs ran Linux just fine (though mine were probably Presarios) - I
detest the BIOS on disk thing, though. From an earlier post, Gateway may
use a modified power supply; I'm not sure what stupid tricks other
manufacturers may pull.
'Senior' in my case is a K6-166, about 5-6 years old; good as secondary
box, but not worth upgrading. [Can't handle my PCTV card 8)]
(And yes, I do have a working 286 sitting under my desk... 8) [Sort of.
Crashes randomly; probably a memory issue])
Theuns
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