Hardware vent...

[Jefferson Kirkland]

I have an older Thinkpad and I have not really had many problems with it, 
other than the fact that it is a p-166mmx( a little on the slow side ).  My 
advice would be to find something you like, like the Dell's everyone is 
raving about, and then check out http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ and see 
what others have done with the model you are looking at.  That will give 
you an idea of what other have had to do with particular models to get them 
configured.

Regards,

Jeff Kirkland



At 02:59 PM 2/20/2003 -0500, Hewitt Tech wrote:
>My piece of (fill in the cuss word of your choice) Compaq Presario laptop is
>starting to break down around the hinges of the cover. This system has been
>a series of disappointments - can't run Linux easily, doesn't support 32 bit
>cardbus cards, battery croaked early. I just discovered when I called the
>toll call support number that I was talking to someone in India who was
>marching me through the numbers (script). He then tried to transfer me to
>their "specialized" Presario notebook support number and the call was lost.
>While I was listening to very badly garbled elevator music (this would be
>doing a disservice to most elevator music ;^)) I noticed what was causing
>the popping noises that just started today when I open the laptop screen.
>The plastic housing near the hinge was starting to separate. That's what was
>causing the popping sound, the plastic be snapped as the screen was wrapping
>around the hinge joint. So I think I'll cut my losses here and buy a laptop
>that will actually do what the manufacturer claims and will also run Linux
>properly. Anybody had good experiences with their laptops? I'm looking for
>reliability and the ability to run Linux without ridiculous efforts. Also,
>I'd really like to have USB 2.0 compliant ports on the thing...
>
>-Alex
>
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