Re: what laptop to buy

[Mark <mamarcac@gmail.com>]

>On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Daniel Dalton <d.dalton@iinet.net.au> wrote:

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>So basically it must have:
>- Good debian support including wiffi
>- core 2 duro 1.6 ghz or more
>- Good battery life 5 hours or more.
>
>I've been looking mainly at lenovo, hp, del, acer and maybe tosheba.
>Any suggested models would be greatly appreciated.

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What about something like this?  Seems to meet your specs and budget (couldn't find battery life info but a quick phone call could probably answer that for you), plus it's designed for linux compatability.  Mini PCIe wifi card is an extra $29 (see bottom of link).  They preload with Ubuntu, Fedora, etc., but I assume you could install Debian with little to no headache if the machine is designed to run with those distros.  Again this could probably be confirmed by calling them.

http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux-laptop-lc2100sn.html

Mark