Re: Compaq Presario 1722 experiences ?
I've had the Compaq 1700T for over a year now. It's been pretty good.
I've run Red Hat, Slackware, and now Debian Woody on it. To be honest,
you'd be better off perhaps spending more money and AVOIDING compaq.
Their support is terrible. I can tell you many, many horror stories. I
don't know how closely the 1722 is related to the 1700 but I'll answer
your questions in regard to the 17xx.
Built in Ethernet card: No.
X: Yes it's works well.
Sound is a ESS Maestro 3 and is supported by recent kernels.
Does support ACPI but not APM. However you can't see the battery
charge.
Regards
Scott A Runnels
On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 07:14, Nuno Subtil wrote:
> I am thinking of buying a Compaq Presario 1722. Since I intend to run Debian on
> it, I thought I could ask for some advice here. Specifically:
>
> - Does the built-in ethernet work ? I think it's a Conexant chip, but I'm not
> entirely sure. On some (apparently similar) Presarios, it is indeed a Conexant
> chip, but not everyone can get it to work, it seems.
>
> - Does X work ? The graphics chip is an ATI Mobility Radeon 3D, according to
> Compaq.
>
> - Does sound work ? Once again, I don't know for sure what sound chip it has.
> The Presario 1720 has an Intel chip that works, according to a page listed in
> linux-laptop.net, but I can't find anything on the 1722.
>
> - I have read that most new laptops no longer have APM support, only ACPI. I
> don't really need any "fancy" power management features, apart from being able
> to read the battery charge, but I understand that not even this will work on
> all laptops. What can I expect ? Does the Presario 1722 support APM ?
>
> Any other advice is also welcome.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Nuno Subtil
> nsubtil@vega.dhis.co.it.pt
>
>
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