Re: Would like some recommendations on Laptap: must satisfy the following ->
Hi,
I just got a really sweet Notebook meeting most of your requirements.
There are a lot of people running Linux on it, some BSD is also
working.
* Walter Tautz <wtautz@math.uwaterloo.ca> [02-10-07 21:20]:
>built in cdrom and floppy, no stupid docking stations...sony vaio...yikes
>better yet a built in dvd drive....
No internal floppy, but a CD-RW/DVD drive.
>needs to be able to run vmware so that windows can be run...
No idea, but don't see a problem except maybe performance.
>lightweight, good sized screen, great resolution,
1.5 kg, 10.6", 1280x768
>Probably i386 arch would be the best since I'm not sure VMware
>will work on non i386 arch...
Crusoe TM5800
>Powersave mode has to work easily in linux.....
Suspend works fine, if that is what you're aiming at.
>It just has to work without a lot of hassles of looking for obscure patches..
>:-)
So it does, though there are patches that seems to increase speed.
>price is the least important but it would be nice to not to spend too much....
>not more than 2000US
Starts at $1549
Thorsten
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