I have heard Acer's have reasonable linux capability, and there are some around the $2k mark (but they may only have 256M RAM at that price.
The latest NZ PC World has a comparison of under $2.5k laptops. good sites for compatibilty reports is http://www.linux-laptop.net and http://www.tuxmobil.org . On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:48, anton wrote: > Hi, > As we are shortly going overseas we want to get a laptop. I have > searched around for a bit now and have found some places that look like > they might not be so bad. We want to spend under $2000, and the only > real stipulation is that the processor is over 2k and there is 512meg of > RAM. I am never going to have a machine with less than 512 again! Any > help or advice here would be greatly appreciated. > > I have heard plenty about making sure that linux will run on these > things before buying. Is that still necessary with the latest ones? If I > find mention of someone installing on the same model on the 'net, should > I trust it? (seeing as there are two 'net places I'm looking at buying > from)? > What are the things that just MUST be on the thing? In terms of slots > and what have you...? Showing my knowledge here... Do all modern laptops > have PCMCIA slots? Is that why they aren't mentioned on most ads? > > Anything else? > > A little closer to home here, for those who might know - ITS canterbury > uni have laptops with the above specs for around $1900, and they appear > to be OSless (or with some campus agreement M$ deal). There seems to be > something about CTA mentioned there - does that mean that only CTA > students/staff (which I am) can get them? How do they stack up in terms > of slots/compatibility? Anyone don't a linux install on one? I would > prefer to give Canty money if I could! > > Thanks for any suggestions > Anton
