Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 08:04
From: "Wesley T Allen"
My question is, what's known to work with Linux. Are Toshiba's
friendly? I'm not touching a compaq with a 10 foot pole, and does
anyone have an HP laptop that is fully functional with linux? What
about the latest Dells? Or even, gasp GATEWAY????
I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 that works perfectly under Linux. I can
suspend and resume it just fine, which impresses a lot of folks since
they can't even do that under Windows.
The 8200 is the current model; you can find 8000's and 8100's for
reasonable money on eBay. It's a big, clunky-looking machine, but the
internals are well done, it's very fast, and it has a very nice screen
(1400x1050 or 1600x1200; none of this silly 1024x768 on a 15" screen).
It can also take two batteries. I'd actually go for an 8000 rather
than an 8200 if you want long battery life; the slower processors
(mine is 700 MHz) make for much longer battery life. I get 5 hours
from a 2700 and 3800 mAH battery; you can buy 4400 mAH batteries now,
which should give about 7 hours of battery life.
There are lots of other configuration options; you can get a combo
DVD/CDRW drive, or two optical drives, if you like. You don't need a
docking station, as it has all of the connections on the back panel.
--
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