On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 03:24:00PM +1000, Anthony Wood wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 05:54:26PM +1000, Mike MacCana wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 15:02, Anthony Wood wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 02:29:46PM +1000, Eddie F wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I'm in the process of convincing the boss that I need a laptop for work > > > > purposes. Looks like Im doing well, so Ill probably be looking at which > > > > one to get over the next few weeks. > > > > > > > > > > I've bought a Dell 8500 in the last month ($4000 - 1Gb RAM 60 Gb Disk 2.4 Gh P4). > > > > > > Dell doesn't "support" linux on their laptops, but all the bits available with > > > the > > > 8500 work under linux, with a bit of effort. Except the Truemobile 1300/1400 > > > minipci wireless card. > > > > I can second that, I'm using one now, and I'm very happy with it. The > > screen is great, the video card looks wonderful, and the gigabit NIC > > works well too. > > > > Get the NVIDIA graphics card rather than the ATI one if you want good 3D > > performance, and don't bother buying the Dell wireless card. > > > > Anthony: did you manage to get Dell to swap over the truemobile? > > I knew the 1300 wouldn't work for me, so I didn't order it. > I've tried to order an 1150 through dell australia, but they > don't get back to my supplier. I don't have any other wireless > gear, so I'm not in a huge hurry...
I made a new enquiry on the weekend and have got a response/quote. Quote said to ask tech support if the thing would work in the 8500. Tech support said yes. KL-C840 - 5M751 (Truemobile (TM) 1150 MiniPCI Card $63 Freight $14 GST $7.70 Total $84.70 Not too ugly. Now I have to save up my pocket money. cheers, Woody -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
