Re: buying a new laptop
To: Shao Zhang <shao@linuxfreak.com>, debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
From: Kirby Krueger <kirbyk@best.com>
Subject: Re: buying a new laptop
Cc: "Patel, Cyrus" <s2192888@cse.unsw.edu.au>
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Instead of dualbooting win9x why don't you bundle vmware with
the laptop.
http://www.vmware.com
with regard to thinkpads...
I have a tp 755cx (5 years old) it runs debian(slink) fine.
specs: (p75/24M/850M)
You can buy an older tp for a good price on ebay. They are fine
machines with _the best_ keyboard in the industry. a tp 380
(p166/32M/1.2G) for under US$1,000. They have a cd and 800x600 screen.
I have a number of friends that use dell laptops with debian.
you can find refurbished dell's at...
http://www.dell.com/html/us/outlet/notebooks.htm
-- Andy
At 07:27 PM 3/24/00 , Shao Zhang wrote:
>Hi,
> I am in a process of buying a new laptop. I cannot really afford
> any expensive ones (above AUS$3000), yet a powerfull one. I know
> my requirements are contradicting to each other.
>
> A thinkpad will be ideal for me, but they are just so expensive.
> I happen to find out this site
> http://www.iedirect.com/default.asp
>
> Their laptop is so much cheaper compare to others, but I am a
> bit worried if it will run on Linux.
>
> Has anyone else bought any laptops from this site? Could someone
> recommend what/where to buy new laptops for linux?
I don't want to aggressively plug here, since I work for this company, but
take a look at:
http://www.tuxtops.com
We're currently only shipping Red Hat 6.1, but debian is in the short term
plan. (I'd guess sometime in April.) We should be adding dual-boot
Windows as an option very soon, probably next week. There's not a lot of
options for pre-installed linux on laptops other than on the very high end
from most places, so we might have an option you like.
-- Kirby
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