On Apr 5, 2004, at 7:09 PM, Luis Mendes wrote:
Hi all,I am about to buy a new laptop and after searching a couple of differentbrands I came across the Acer TravelMate 800 series which has most of the features I am looking for. Has anyone on this list got anyexperience with this laptop? I am planing to install Debian on it as I have done on the laptop I am using at the moment. I checked mobilix and linux-on-laptops and it seems that most of the hardware works fine under linux. I am a bit suspicious with the price since this is by far the cheapest laptop with these specs I could find. The next one up is almost £500 more expensive... (at least in the uk...)Otherwise, suggestions for laptops with similar specs (centrino 1.7GHz,512 Mb (or more)ram, large disk > 40Gb well supported graphics chip, nottoo heavy, relatively long battery time... ) would also be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help, Luis
I am planning to buy an Acer Travelmate of the 800 series myself. Using http://www.tuxmobile.org/ I found some more or less interesting sites :) These should suit your needs just fine: http://www.gama.de/projects/debian/acertm800lci/index.php http://bernd-wurst.de/linux/tm800.php http://www-lehre.inf.uos.de/~rfreund/tm.php http://home.in.tum.de/~baueran/techdoc/travelmate804/index.html Although these links don't exclusively point to debian on an travelmate, they might give you a hint on what to do to get certain devices up and running. Greets' -- Bob Hentges - http://bob.hentges.lu/ Luxembourg - Europe -- The following statement is true: The previous statement was false.
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