Laptop recommendations

[lockwood at mac.com (Brian Lockwood)]

On 9/2/01 12:54 PM, "Robert L Krawitz" <rlk at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> I'm thinking of buying a laptop.  I'm only interested in using it for
> Linux and maybe Solaris (i. e. I have no interest in dual booting into
> Redmond).  I want something with enough juice to let me do software
> development on Gimp-print (that is, RAM and screen space; disk space
> is a given, and my C-450 is plenty fast enough).  A writable CD for
> backup etc. would be nice.  I also want to keep the price reasonable.
> There seems to be a big gap in price between what Best Buy, Costco,
> and the like sell, and what IBM, EmperorLinux, and such sell, based on
> seemingly equal specs.  I don't much care about new vs. used;
> size/weight also doesn't matter too much to me, because I don't mind
> carrying around fairly large objects; 5 lb. wouldn't bother me.
> Certainly appearance doesn't matter.
> 
> I'd prefer something that's comfortable running SuSE, since that's
> what I currently have on my desk, but that's not absolutely
> mandatory.
> 
> Thoughts?


I would recommend the new iBook from Apple.  It's has a 500 mhz Power PC
processor with 128 mb for it's  base memory.  Battery life is advetized in
the 5 hour range but in reality it's about 4 hours.  Installation is supper
easy because the open firm is written in fourth and is preprogrammed to boot
unto Linux.    

$1,599.00 
12.1-inch TFT XGA display
500MHz PowerPC G3
256K on-chip L2 cache
128MB SDRAM memory
10GB Ultra ATA drive
CD-RW drive
8MB video memory
10/100BASE-T Ethernet
56K internal modem
RGB video output
Two USB ports
FireWire port
AC adapter
Battery


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