On 25 Feb, David Coulthart wrote:
Hey everyone,
I was just wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a particular brand/model of laptop to purchase if I am interested in running SuSE Linux (6.0 preferrably) on it. I was considering a Dell or IBM, but am open to any suggestions. Going to basically need the works: network card, modem, fairly large screen size, etc. No DVD required though. Probably going to want to multi-boot with 95/NT/BeOS/BSD possibly.
Well, my company got me one of them Dell Inspiron super laptops. IT has a few issues that we have addressed on the list. Basically, this laptop is: 366 mhz pentium II processor 128mb of memory (mine was upgraded; comes with 64 I think) ATI Rage LT II 8mb agp card and... a 15" screen!!!!! It also weighs in like that... :) Issues which can be resolved easily- X11 driver - use the hacked mach64 drivers and XF86Config file for free Accel X - buy these but read the list traffic about the drivers Bundled card bus card - not working here at all; either modem or enet. Good news- This laptop is a monster, fast, like a desktop which is carefully disguised as a laptop. If weight concerns you, this is not the one to spring for. Best feature at the usability level - screen size. I installed winless NT on it; it worked. Even got a blue colored screen. It came with win98 (gasp). -- Michael Perry mperry@basin.com ------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>