On 26 April 2010 07:51, Dale Dellutri <daledellutri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Edmon Begoli <ebegoli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I am thinking of buying a Laptop to run Fedora 12/13/ ... on it. >> >> I am member of the Fedora project and I want to have a laptop only for >> development and testing of the code, packages and new releases on it. >> >> So far I had mixed luck with wireless cards/drivers and video cards, >> so I want to >> ask community of Fedora users: >> >> what Laptop in below $600 or $700 would they recommend as the machine >> with the best Fedora experience. >> >> I am also looking for the easy hard drive swap in and out solution, >> so that I can swap complete distros by swapping hard drives >> (I have dual boots and USB but I find hard drive swapping more >> convenient for what I am doing. I can explain my motivation in more >> details if needed) > > Your only stated requirements are price, the ability to do development, > and the ability to swap disks. Given those requirements, I'd get a > refurbished Dell laptop from Dell at: > http://www.dfsdirectsales.com > You can get a laptop with no operating system. Disk removal/replacement is > fairly easy on the Dell D-series laptops, just a screw or two. You'll > probably > want to buy a second carrier. Or, I guess you could boot from USB dirves. > > I got my current Dell D630 that way, on which I've installed F12. The > wireless, > as well as everything lese, works well. > > This is just one suggestion. Just about any laptop would work. Just make > sure that the NetworkManager can handle the wireless card and that disk > removal is easy. > I have used a Thinkpad SL series with Fedora 12 with no problems. NetworkManager plays wonderfully nice too. :) I think it cost about CAD 800 but probably there was some kind of a savings deal. > -- > Dale Dellutri -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
