Nothing against Dell other than I didn't care much for
the guy I talked to. Mostly I can just get a better
buy through Fujitsu, more bang for the buck, so to
speak.
Carson
--- "Michael J. Hoffman" <hoffmanm@tampabay.rr.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 11:30, Carson Wilcox wrote:
> > Thanks I appreciate the info, I had almost decided
> to
> > go that way..
> >
> > Carson
> > --- Derek Glidden <dglidden@illusionary.com>
> wrote:
> > Linux on Toshiba laptops?
> > >
> > > Older models worked great, newer models are
> > > something to avoid.
>
> Sorry I apparently missed the beginning of this...
> what was the reason
> *not* to use a Dell? Dell machines are for the most
> part loaded with
> very standard chipsets and circuits... and Linux
> works well on most of
> the current breed of Dell laptops (with the possible
> exception of the
> ultrthin "blade" type that I can't claim experience
> with).
>
> Most of the Dell hardware is recognized
> automatically; possibly some of
> the older models with NeoMagic chips could give you
> an issue but the
> newer stuff is mostly ATI and now nVidia.
>
> Or perhaps you wanted it to *ship* with Linux? Well
> we can't have
> everything (yet) :-)
>
> MH++
>
>
>
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