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John Abreau wrote: > On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Paul Courchene wrote: > > > > > GNHLUGers > > > > A Friend asked me about running Linux on a Laptop (?) > > > > Does anyone have a recommendation for a current Make and Model > > that they feel is particularly successful ? > > Looking for "low to middle market" Laptop to run Linux? > > > > You can check the Linux on Laptops page for details of how many laptops > handle linux: > > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ > > I personally like the Sony Vaio C1X, which works very well with Linux. > It's very lightweight and has a small footprint; I can carry it around all > day without noticing the weight. The screen is 1024x480; the system is a > Pentium MMX 266 with 64mb memory and a 4gb hard drive. It's listed at > CompUSA for $1800. To install Linux on it: > > http://www.solluna.org/~bookwyrm/pcg-c1x.html > > If you're looking for something cheaper, I found a bunch of used laptops a > while back for a coworker: > > Used Laptops (searched google.com for "used laptops sale") > http://www.used-pcs.com/notebook.shtml > http://www.micro-star.com/laptop.html > http://www.laptopguys.com/home.htm > http://www.laptopguys.com/Book_Size_PC.htm > http://www.usedlaptopcomputers.com/ > http://www.discountlaptops.com/index.html > http://www.computertimeinc.com/forsale.htm > > -- > John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix > Email: jabr at blu.org / URL: http://www.blu.org > ICQ#28611923 / AIM abreauj > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Working with NT is like trying to tune a watch wearing oven mitts. > You can't get your fingers inside like you can with UNIX. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the > message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored). The good news....Dell offers a notebook with Linux (RH 6.1) as the O/S. The bad news....You get what they want to give you. You have almost no configuration options. -Chuck - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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