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Linux Laptop



I need a new laptop.  The HP NX6125 sounds like my type of machine.
Jay



On 4/28/06, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:
>
> On Friday 28 April 2006 11:57 am, Matej Cepl wrote:
> > I am somehow happy with Dell Inspiron 2200. The price was really sweet
> > ($600 after rebate), wifi works with ndiswrapper on Debian/unstable
> > (currently sitting in Stata at my wife's office :-)). The only problem
> is
> > that keyboard is really crappy. Falling apart just after less than year
> > of service.
> A couple of things I did not mention about the HP NX6125. The first is
> that
> the one I bought had a full 3 year manufacturer's warranty I did not know
> about when I bought it. (I believe that Dell systems have 90 days). I have
> not had the unit long enough to break the keyboard.
> My previous Compaq Presario laptop I bought in about 2000 has been banged
> on, dropped, and generally treated poorly. It's been used for teaching at
> Northeastern, BLU meetings and installfests, trips to various nefarious
> locations. The only thing wrong with it is that the power jack is a bit
> loose as the result of a fall from a table. A rubber band serves to keep
> it
> up.
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