-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Maura Edeweiss Monville wrote: | I've ben thinking for a long time of buying a laptop for working on my | projectduring trips and overseas stays ... rather than renting desktops. | Needless to say I wish to rn SuSE. Up to last year most laptops were | shipped with Windows installed and vendors/makers denied any | responsibility about replacing Windows with SuSE satisfactorily. | Another drawback is the particular configuration I need. Basically I'm | looking for at least 1GB RAM, Pentiun IV or equivalent processor at least | 3.06 GHz or faster. I aslso need the wireless network and a true model for | occasional dial-up connections. Last year i thought I had found a laptop | with the above characteristics but a better look at its components | revealed an extrmely slow access to the data bus which would result in | many CPU idle cycles. | | During the last year laptops have evolved and maybe the current market | offers even more than I need ... I havent' found any time to follow up | unluckily ... recently I've been offered a laptop ECS which is to me a | totally unknown brand name. My understanding is that some third parties | buy the main components and then they assembly them together according to | the customer's requests .. which sounds pretty convenient.. But there may be a | pitfall I cannot see out of ignorance in this field. | Honestly I do not know whether it's better to buy a known brand like Dell, | HP, IMB, etc ... or save some money and still have a reliable laptop | specially made for me by these third parties ... | I'd greatly appreciate some advice | | Maura EM | The following website has links to other website where people have shared their experiences with putting various linux distros onto laptops. It was invaluable to me when I was trying to get my wireless to work with my Dell Inspiron 8500. I've got the whole thing working pretty well now, except for the damn subfs nonsense. http://www.linux-on-laptops.com I would recommend you select three different laptops that you think you would enjoy owning and then search the above site to see what peoples experiences have been. HTH, - --Sayf - -- Blue Moose IT Support www.bluemooseit.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA7lzLh6qZaDhhuVMRAoNMAKDITWHgCEc1RC4OTTzXqoRkDBmKWACfWl/s cadUJe2+BAEllml1CYjAHII= =8r2o -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----