Re: Seeking recommendation for Laptop, must satisfy:
On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 14:30, Oleg wrote:
> On Monday 07 October 2002 03:29 pm, Walter Tautz wrote:
> > built in cdrom and floppy, no stupid docking stations...sony vaio...yikes
> > better yet a built in dvd drive....
> >
> > needs to be able to run vmware so that windows can be run...
> >
> > lightweight, good sized screen, great resolution,
> >
> > Probably i386 arch would be the best since I'm not sure VMware
> > will work on non i386 arch...
> >
> > Powersave mode has to work easily in linux.....
> >
> > It just has to work without a lot of hassles of looking for obscure
> > patches..
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > price is the least important but it would be nice to not to spend too
> > much.... not more than 2000US
> >
> > Walter
>
> I'm shopping for a laptop that would run Linux perfectly myself. And AFAIK
> finding such a laptop is not an easy task. My list of requirements is quite a
> bit longer than yours though, e.g. I want the laptop itself to be reliable,
> and the tech support to be good. I also wouldn't buy a laptop that does not
> have a CDRW/DVD combo drive, has less than 32 MB dedicated Video RAM (nVidia
> or ATI), does not have P4M CPU or DDR266 RAM. (This will essentially be my
> only computer for a while) If you are on-campus, WiFi is probably a must.
>
> If laptop reliability is important to you too, take a look at this survey:
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,364590,00.asp
>
> http://www.linux-on-laptops.com can also be useful, but if you see someone
> saying "everything works" without backing that up, do NOT believe him.
>
> AFAIK the most reliable, and probably more Linux-compatible than others, are
> IBM Thinkpads, but I'm not sure if I could live with a Trackpoint (OTOH
> Ultranav's are heavy and very expensive)
>
> Currently, my prime candidate for purchase is Fujitsu Lifebook E-7110, but
> I'm still looking into details.
>
> Cheers,
> Oleg
>
>
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My laptop is close to "Everything works". The specs are not quite what you want but the newer model does.
Toshiba 3005-S307
1.13 P3M
256Mb RAM (upgraded to 512Mb)
GeForce2 Go w/s-video & composite out (16Mb but I've seen 32Mb models)
30Gig HD
DVD-CDR/CDRW combo drive
3 usb ports
2 pcmcia sockets
rt8139 nic (realtek, supported by 2.2 & 2.4 kernels)
IrDA (smc module works with it)
SmartMedia reader (built-in kernel doesn't see it at all)
14.1 screen
The only thing that doesn't work to it's fullest is the sm reader. I'm
not worried about it since I don't own anything that uses smartmedia.
Preformence and battery life are real good with this laptop.
Quake3 about 150 +/- fps
DVD play back flawless, even when running on batteries.
Battery life is about 3 hours. I have played a full DVD and then surfed
for about an hour and the battery nag alarm never went off.
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.55 seconds =232.73 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.73 seconds = 17.16 MB/sec
not bad for a laptop, and one I have had for 6 months now. Never any
problems with it, no repairs or anything. The only thing I have noticed
is that you must use the ide-pci kernel to boot the debian install cd's
or it locks up when loading the 'md' driver.
Hope some of this helps.
- Jayson Garrell
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