laptop recommendations

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On Wednesday 02 November 2005 2:00 pm, Bob BLU wrote:
> At 01:09 PM 11/2/2005, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> >AAMD 64-bit chips are faster ...
> >
> >HP laptop model numbers that are certified for Linux.
>
> What exists at the intersection of these two statements?
>
>
> Separately, I've been eyeing the ASUS Z71V for a potential Linux
> notebook:
>
> http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=5&l2=70&l3=0&model=609&modelmenu=1
Does it actually contain both??
-Intel? Pentium? M Processor with 2MB on-die cache
-Mobile Intel Celeron M Processor with 512K/1MB on Die L2 Cache 
As I mentioned, the AMD 64-bit processors are faster than the Intel 
processors and both Intel and AMD will not be manufacturing pure 32-bit 
chips in the near future. 

In any case, make sure that the laptop is Linux compatible. I don't see that 
listed on Linux for laptops.

I was just looking at the HP notebooks that Linux is certified on, and a 
number of them are certified by Red Hat and SuSE, mostly HP/Compaq N series 
(eg. nx8220). 
One thing I can say is that both IBM and HP have a Linux commitment, but 
neither Dell nor Gateway do. 
Remember that for the retail platforms, their agreements with Microsoft 
prevent them from supplying preinstalled Linux. This is not true for 
business laptops, desktops and servers. 
-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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