Re: Laptop

["Jens B. Jorgensen" <jjorgens@bdsinc.com>]

Well Michael I use a GW2000 Solo 2100. Of course they don't even sell this one
anymore I bet even though it's barely a year old. I like gateway--I think they're
a good balance between value and service. The primary worry with laptops is
device support. And it does little good for me to tell you that everything in my
laptop works because it seems that all manufacturers like to upgrade the
components as fast as new ones are available. I think a good strategy is this:

 0) go get the latest issue of "Computer Shopper", this will be your primary
reference source in addition to stuff on the Internet

 1) decide where you need to be on the Value vs. Confidence level, this is a
matter of personal preference

 2) find a couple of laptops which fall on V vs. C curve where you live and go
through each and every piece of the system to find out *exactly* what's in it.
now look at each component (esp. the graphics adapter and sound card) and check
the kernel source, the Hardware HOWTO and also the Linux Laptop Page (
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ ) to make sure that
component is indeed supported.

 3) pick one of the laptops which satisified all above requirements based on
color, availability of free 2nd day air shipping, and a quick roll of the dice

Good luck

Michael Meskes wrote:

> I'm going to buy a laptop in a month or two. I'd like to know which laptop
> does work well with Debian. Since some of you run it on laptops, please tell
> me which ones. But keep in mind, I'm buying it privately, so don't tell me
> about high priced laptops. :-)
>
> Michael
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