>From having configured several laptops and currently having two I can't
completely configure due to the #$%@ Atheros cards, I think you need to
focus more on the components than the brand on the unit itself.
Intel and NVIDIA like Linux.
Linux is easier to work with on a 32 bit platform as opposed to a 64 bit
platform.
Avoid a new Atheros wifi card like the plague. Broadcom is not much better.
So, I'd look at a 32 bit, Intel processor with preferably an Intel wifi card
and NVIDIA video. When you load Linux on the machine, you will probably
need to go to the repository and get the NVIDIA X Server Settings to get all
the screen resolution you can, but that is just one extra step.
I suspect at the end of your search, Dell and Sony will be on your list. My
last Sony was a very screwed up machine and I'm not inclined to buy another
one.
Just my $.02
Zale
www.LawOfficeLinux.com
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Harold Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I belong to more than one group and have read of some laptop problems
> with different aspects of Linux, ie sound, video, etc.
>
> My wife keeps whining for a laptop. Of course it will have to run XP
> but I would like to install Linux on it too. I don't want to buy one
> that has problems with Linux.
>
> Do any of the following have problems with Linux that anyone knows of:
> HP
> Dell
> Acer
> Gateway.
>
> I am not hung up on a particular brand name but it's going to be my
> wife's laptop that I will use some of the time. Don't even know if I
> can buy any of the above without Vista on them. Probably not. If I
> have to buy Vista I delay the purchase until I can find something
> different or just delete it and install XP.
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
>
>
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