Re: [SLUG] laptop

From: Robert Waldo (rjw6844@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Jul 24 2007 - 22:31:45 EDT


I am basing my decision on the same criteria as you. After looking at
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/hosted/Dell-D630-Etch.html and the fact that
I certified in the Dell line, I will probably choose the D630/610. Although
I have always been fond of Thinkpads.
Does anyone have info on broadband cards? Dell only supports express cards,
I want to know if anyone has gotten them to work under Linux.

On 7/24/07, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Robert Waldo wrote:
>
> > On 7/24/07, michael hast <evylrobot19@cox.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Robin - Bartow FL wrote:
> >> > On Sat, 21 Jul 2007, Ken Elliott wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>>> The little pencil eraser mouse thingy, as far as I know, isn't
> being
> >> >>>> made available on new machines.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>> Good news! It's still available. My machine is one month old.
> >> >>> Check the HP site for small/medium business for the Compaq laptops.
> >> >>> It's hard to see, but if you click the picture for a larger view,
> >> >>> you'll see the tiny blue pointer.
> >> >>>
> >> >> I actually found 7-10 machines that have it, and picked one (HP
> Compaq
> >> >> NC6400). Requiring a stick mouse weeds out a _lot_ of machines. It
> >> >> says "Call for availability" on the page where I customize it (no MS
> >> >> tax, TYVM), so ordering will have to wait until Monday.
>
> > Since I support Dell, I was able to play with the Latitude D630 and I
> found
> > it to be a fairly durable machine. Since Dell likes Linux, you may want
> to
> > give them a shot.
>
> I looked at that. There was a reason I didn't choose it... it may be that
> while there's a big difference between "not working out of the box" and
> "requires much labor to be made to work, if it's possible", I think the
> general concensus was that it's a bitchier machine (with Linux) than some
> others, not that I would reject a free one.
>
> --
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