On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 09:03:09 -0500 Lanman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I remember seeing some posts lately about laptop choices for > Mandrake. Well, I finally found one that works incredibly well. > > Asus makes a laptop called a D1 or D1000, and promotes it as a > "desknote" PC, but it's actually a laptop which can also be used > as a PC replacement. > > So, yesterday, I finally bit the bullet and bought one. These > laptops are designed in such a way that you decide which CPU, Hard > Drive, quantity of ram you want, and whether or not you want a > battery or not. > > That might sound like a strange thing to say, but some people > might want to use it solely as a PC replacement, in which case > they wouldn't need a battery. > > The other nice thing about the way it's sold is that you can add > or upgrade the parts yourself. The D1 is sort of a > "Do-It-Yourself" laptop which means that upgrades are a snap, and > if you don't want to spend a lot, this is definitely the way to > go. > > Mandrake 9.2 detected everything, and set them up without so much > as a burp! Essentially, everything is on-board. You still have a > PCMCIA slot for extra devices ( and the drivers for the slot are > installed and ready to go ), but Video, Lan, Modem, USB, CDRW\DVD, > USB Wheel mouse ( My choice ) are all running perfectly. > > I haven't tried setting up the touchpad, but I don't like them > anyways. Still, I'll probably give it a shot later today. > > Power management is working like a charm ( for a change ! ), even > though it has never worked properly for me in Windows - not even > on conventional PC's ! > > I ordered my D1 with a P4-2.4 Ghz CPU, 512 Mb DDR Ram, and a 40 Gb > drive. Assembly took less than 30 minutes, and the O/S installed > without a hitch. By assembling it myself, I even saved another > $40.00 ! > > Not including taxes, this laptop cost me $1400.00 Canadian, and so > far it's the best money I've ever spent. Time will tell, but I > can't believe how easy it was. > > Check it out folks. It might be what you're looking for in a > laptop. > > Lanman > > > Have you tried the touchpad? Mdk picked up my optical wheelmouse and the touchpad both without a complaint. They both work automagically.
If the mouse isn't plugged in (on the road again) the touchpad works then too. Lee -- User #223705 Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
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