Hi John, Thanks for the good info John. I'll head over to www.linux-laptop.net and have a browse about. Yep, all the machines I am looking at are well over a year old, so I guess I should be OK. I'll also give USER2 a try, they have an Aberdeen branch I believe which would be my closest one.
Thanks again for the Info' Best Wishes, Mike RE: Re: [scottish] Laptop - Anythoughts. On Sunday 24 February 2002 08:12, you wrote: > On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Mike wrote: > > The ones that seem to be available are Toshiba 'Satellites' and IBM > > ThinkPads. Does anyone have anythoughts about the best one to go for > > with Linux in mind? Or does anyone know of a reliable seller of used > > machines? > > I have had good experience with USER 2 in Edinburgh -- South Clerk > St I think, just along from the cinema going toward Cameron Toll shopping > centre. (I don't have any connection with them other than as a a > satisfied customer ;-).) > > On the other hand, I haven't bought a secondhand laptop for my own > use, being fortunate enough to be able to afford a VAIO for work. I did > buy one from a friend for a project -- but I have never had time to treat > it seriously. I had no problems with Linux on it (it's a Toshiba I think, > and ridiculously heavy as were most of its generation). > > Look at www.linux-laptop.net for tons of useful info and also it > is worth searching the Usenet comp.linux.* groups with Google for reports > of problems and fixes with any machine you think of buying. Most > difficulties are with X and are fixed by buying a machine that is older > than a year or so, so you ought to be OK. > > John. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
