Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
Hi all,
For the last 3 years of so I have had an Apple iBook running Linux
about 99% of the time. Before that I had a Compaq M300 which only
ran Linux.
A recent software upgrade of Mac OSX on the iBook stopped sleep/
resume and CPU frequency scaling from working. This has been a real
PITA which means I am now looking for a new laptop and for obvious
reasons Apple is not an option this time.
Fascists.
I've got an IBM x31 base model, but they are deprecated by the x40's.
You can get x40's at the specs you want.
Here's what I'm after, with the highest priorities at the top.
- Working sleep/resume (ie close lid -> sleep, open -> resume)
Yes, i've got mine working on Ubuntu.
- 12 or 14 inch screen
Yes, 12".
- 1280 pixels or better horizontal resolution
Is that native on the LCD, or VGA out? On the LCD no (1024x768 max), but
VGA out yes.
- 60G or larger drive
Yes.
- 1Gig ram
Yes.
- Ethernet
Yes, gigabit.
- Wireless (source code driver)
Intel ipw2x00, or prism2
- USB
Yes, usb2 of course.
- Decent sound in and out.
Intel AC'97. Not the best, but it'll probably do, then again you do do
funky audio work. :-)
- External (preferred) CDROM drive.
Yes
- Good battery life
3 hours on standard battery.
- Availability of external long life battery.
Battery extender thingys available.
- Firewire
Yes.
Does anyone have any recommendations on machines and/or vendors?
Good luck to you!
Lindsay
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