On 04/26/2010 08:02 PM, suvayu ali wrote: > 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 >> > Thinkpads are among my favs, but on that budget he'd rather get a new HP or Dell. -- 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
