Wayne, Thanks again for your input. The machines at emperorlinux.com look nice, but pricey. I just talked to a guy who swears Acer is the way to go. -Jason On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, waynecle wrote: > Jason, > > The laptop is an HP7010ca, Wide aspect screen. I bought the machine > at a local computer show Refurbished for $1000.00, 3.06 GHZ, 512meg ram, > and lots of features. This laptop is sold online at many places for roughly > the same price. I am hell on laptops, spend most of my time in industry > programming a multitude of production machines. This is a rugged unit. > > Though it is not a Linux Certified unit, it works well. > > If price doesn't scare you too much, try www.emperorlinux.com, Lincols is a > smart cookie, he generates kernels for most laptops, and can pretty much get > any laptop to function well. > > Happy hunting > Wayne > > > > On Sunday 03 October 2004 21:15, Jason W Elliot wrote: > > Thanks for the input. What brand is your 7000? I know a few people who > > own Dells and they seem pretty happy, but I don't know how much they > > expect from their computers. I think they all run Windows. I know one > > unix guy who owns an IBM and he swears by that company. Another guy runs > > unix on an Acer. I think he's happy. I'm really curious about this > > LinuxCertified company, though. The prices don't seem too bad... > > > > Jason > > > > On Sun, 3 Oct 2004, waynecle wrote: > > > Jason, > > > > > > I can't tell you of any good online stores, but I will tell you what > > > does work. I have an 7000, that works great, requires a small amount of > > > tooling for the wireless network and the camera card reader. I also have > > > a sony via which didn't require any tooling at all. > > > > > > My advice is to stay away from DELL, I've had several laptops, all > > > which I consider to be Junk. Someone may dis-agree, but Ive had trouble > > > with every one of them. > > > > > > On Sunday 03 October 2004 16:50, Jason W Elliot wrote: > > > > Hi All. I am currently shopping for my first laptop. I want to run > > > > linux alone (no Windows). My uses will all be pretty basic. Can > > > > anyone recommend good online stores? I found this one: > > > > http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux_laptops.html > > > > ... and I'm curious whether anybody has had an experience with them. > > > > I've also looked at RefurbDepot.com Anybody know these guys? Of > > > > course, I'd have to pay the "Windows tax," as I would with Dell or > > > > NewEgg. Any other input (eg. experiences with certain hardwares) is > > > > much appreciated. Thanks!! > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Jason > > > > -- > > Jason > > -- Jason -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
