Laptop Suggestions

[David Ecklein]

FWIW - A client brought in a Dell Inspiron 5160 that was hammered by a
virus - I cleared the HD, loaded only her WinXP and Norton Internet
Security - nothing else.  This 2.8Gb-P4-256MB doorstop ran like a snail!  I
was embarrassed to charge for "fixing" it (but did anyhow - it was time
consuming).  Maybe it would have done better with Linux, couldn't be much
worse unless it stopped completely.

Probably depends more on the model of Dell, and less on how snappy a cpu
they stick in it.  Maybe stay away from anything "Inspiron"?

Dave E.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Rundlett" <greg.rundlett at gmail.com>
To: "Kenneth E. Lussier" <klussier at comcast.net>
Cc: <gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: Laptop Suggestions


> On 8/24/05, Kenneth E. Lussier <klussier at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Howdy all,
> >
> > I'm looking for an extremely Linux-friendly laptop to set up as a
> > traveling demo system. The laptop has to have a wireless card, as I will
> > need it to run in ad-hoc mode so that it can act as a wireless AP for
> > other devices.
>
> Here at work, we have many people using Dell Latitude D600 notebooks,
> with flavors of RedHat from 9 to Fedora Core 3.  We use both wireless
> and wired at the same time, with internal wireless.  I'd say the
> hardware is linux-friendly.
>
> For a really inexspensive laptop, I bought a Acer for around $700 off
> TigerDirect.com, but I would say that the Dell is much more sturdy in
> comparison and worth the extra money if your travelling with it.
> Actually, I can not say if the Acer wireless card worked under Linux
> anyway.  One thing to note too:  a 15" screen is a lot bigger than a
> 14" screen, so make note of the screen size you're getting.
>
> --Greg
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