Amazing. I just bought two of these for work (the 999 model from Compusa), but I love them so much I already decided to keep one. Extremely well made laptops. I thought from looking at all the hardware within that it would have linux support (realtek nic chipset, via mboard chipset). I am thrilled to see that you have proven this for us. I have never owned a Compaq laptop prior to Sunday, but this is a very sweet model. Very impressive.
scott On Tuesday 09 July 2002 01:19, you wrote: > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/~warren/presario/presario.php > > Hey folks, > > At that URL is my review of the Compaq Presario 722US laptop computer that > will soon be posted to AMDMB.com. In my testing I have found this to be an > excellent priced laptop with tons of features that work nearly perfectly in > Linux after some tweaking. Here are some of its better features: > > * 1.1GHz AMD Duron processor with SSE instructions > * 256MB PC100 SDRAM > * 14.1" TFT screen > * 56k Linux compatible win-modem and 10/100 ethernet > * 20GB hard drive > * Removable DVD and 4x4x16 CD/RW optical combo drive > * 1.44MB Floppy drive > * Excellent integrated laptop speakers > All for only $1,259 after mail-in rebate at the local Office Depot. > > (No I don't own Office Depot or HP/Compaq stock, though I do own AMD stock. > Bad Wall Street... Ouch!) > > Kimberly (member of this list) bought this laptop and let me compare it to > my personal Sony Vaio FXA series Athlon laptop. I am blown away by how > much better it is than my considerably more expensive laptop. =( > > The both local CompUSA's have a slightly slower 1GHz Duron with DVD-only > optical drive (all else the same) for only $999. Either of these are > awesome value Linux laptops. Office Depot also has the 725US model with > the fastest Mobile Athlon XP processor in stock, all other parts identical > to the 722US at $1,559. > > If anyone buys one, let me know and I'll help you configure it. It may > take kernel patching experimentation to get ACPI working for better battery > life, but I will help you to do this. > > Anyway, please read my review and let me know what you think! > > Thanks, > Warren Togami > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
