Randal Jarrett wrote:
I'm going to have to replace my old (6+ years) Toshiba that has a amd
450Mhz processor and
a whopping 20GB disk.
I'm looking for recommendations for a mid range ($1k - 1.5k) laptop that
is compatible with
Opensuse 10.3.
Please, no flamefests!!
Randal Jarrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
RSJ Consulting, Inc
Hernando, FL
(352) 419-0112
Most of the recent IBM 's a very compatible with SUSE specifically the
ALL Intel ones.
I have some luck with the DV series from HP although no way near as
friendly as IBM's the DV6000 and DV9000 are fine if you don't mind using
the NDISwrapper or are really good with firmware tools. The newer
Broadcom NICS aren't as compatible with the firmware stripper as the
ones from just over a year ago. I also didn't get most of the peripheral
tech up, like the fingerprint reader and webcam. I didn't try to hard
either, I have been reading that several people have been able to fully
enable there HP laptops.
I have been running an R51 from IBM from the day I first heard Novell
was getting into linux. I started with 8.x then 9.0 the NLD9 , I even
worked on the Intel IPW2200 wireless driver testing team. since then I
have never had to even think about my drivers.
Basically the more Intel chips you get the easier the install , and no I
don't work there, I just have been a Big Blue customer for close to 15
years.
Good luck
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