Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2009 mails)

[tbutler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Timothy R. Butler)]

Dear Bruce,
  Thanks for the information. How much (approx.) does a PowerBook 500 (500 MHz?)
retail for? Right now, I'm looking at a very nice Dell laptop (Inspiron 3800) that
starts at $1,349 with a 600 MHz Celeron processor. I assume the Apple is more,
right?

  Thanks,
       Tim

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Timothy R. Butler                              Universal Networks
Information Tech. Consultant    Christian Web Services Since 1996
ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm       An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce [mailto:bruce@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 1:18 AM
> To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [SLE] Still Notebook Shopping
>
>
> Dear SuSE users...
> I have to reply. I have been watching this thread carefully and though I
> would pass on our views!!
>
> We are VERY successfully using PPC SuSE Linux (6.4/2.2.16) on Apple Mac
> PowerBook 500's and the responses we get from our clients is that of
> shear amazement. Terms like -
>
> "I've never seen that before"
>
> "I didn't know that you could do that"
>
> "I thought Apple was having trouble with Linux (sic)!!!
>
> "Gee that was fast..."
>
> "Even Appletalk [netatalk] is fast"
>
> "Are you REALLY" running that laptop as a server?"
> [Yes with both Linux and MacOS]
>
> "Hey that really works"
> (Connecting to an AppleShare and overlapping SMB Shares)
>
> "Gee, thats a nice colour scheme" [Theme Manager --> Bryce (all standard)]
>
> and one particularly lame company (read Windows possessed) with an older
> Management team that has had just about enough from Microsoft and Windows
> said
> "Hmmm, I think we'll get one of those to assess it. Can you come back again
> please!!!" <-- The best...
>
> There is ONLY ONE recommendation. Invest in yourselves if you are going to
> work with the tool. If you spend $1000 on a cheapo, you get cheapo.
> Invest in something with spectacular capabilities such as the Apple PowerBook
> and that is NOT saying Intel/AMD based systems are not in the same league,
> and you will be well rewarded. And with SuSE, well...
>
> (However it's about time that SuSE sorted out the sound system on the
> PowerBook 500. HINT. Still doesn't work so not all is perfect!!! :-))
>
> Regards,
> Bruce.
>
>
> >> What's the model number?  You might want to check out:
> >> http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
> >>
> >> Probably repeating that here.
> >
> >  Thanks, that's helpful for other notebooks I was looking at. The one
> >CompUSA has
> >is the 1675CDS.
> >
> >  Perhaps a better question for everyone here is - if you were looking for a
> >lowend notebook (under $1,500) that worked well with Linux, which would you
> >recommend?
> >
> >> >   It looks quite nice, and it's price tag at Best Buy is merely $998.
> >>Is it
> >> > too good to be true for a Linux user?
> >>
> >> I'm running SuSE 6.3 on a Toshiba Satellite 4060XCDT and have had no issues.
> >> The above site was of some assistance for sound and an X Server for 6.1,
> >> but the SuSE Knowledge DB also provided me with some answers regarding
> >> my keyboard locking up on boot.
> >
> >  Thanks. Over all, are you satisified with you Linux Laptop experience?
> >
> >  Thanks,
> >       Tim
> >
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> >Timothy R. Butler                              Universal Networks
> >Information Tech. Consultant    Christian Web Services Since 1996
> >ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm       An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller
> >tbutler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx        http://www.uninetsolutions.com
> >===================== "Solutions that Work" =====================
> >
> >
> >
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