Suggestions on notebook

[kramerjm at gmail.com (James Kramer)]

Thanks for the advise,  My requirements are essentially the same as DSR.  I
would prefer longer battery life in exchange for high speed graphics.  But
the thought of buying my first cutting edge machine also appeals to me.  I
have had good experience with NVidia and Debian so I will stick to it.  I
will also check out Tiger Direct.  I will also check out the Ubuntu Dapper
Drake list.  Thanks again for the info.  It is valuable and will help sway
my decision.
Jay

On 3/4/06, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > considering a used IBM thinkpad T42
>
> I'm typing this on a used T42p, quite happy with Gentoo as it came
> with for now ... and am eagerly awaiting Ubuntu "Dapper Duck" FRC next
> month, as that's my favorite Debian derivative.
>
> > but for the same price I could get a new
> > nicely equipped HP Pavilion dv5000 with the Turion 64 Mobile
> Processor.
>
> Or for less, get a Turion 64 from Tiger Direct. Their lowest price
> Turion isn't the HP-paq, but their HP Turion64 new price may beat a
> used T42.
> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?keywords=Turion&image1.x=0&image1.y=0
>
>
> > would like to install dual-boot Debian ? WinXP. I like the fact that
>
> For buying a current laptop this spring, I'd suggest sticking with the
> vendors that Ubuntu "Dapper Drake" is supporting, they're doing a lot
> of Laptop installer QA and even if you want pure Debian, their patches
> to make drivers work for those laptops will appear at least on Sid
> (Unstable) and probable Etch (Testing) fairly quickly.  It looks like
> support for HP/Turion64 is almost there.
>
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/329
> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-87558.html
>   http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=110&page=3&order=desc
> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=107542&highlight=L2000
>
> Both current HP and IBM/LeNovo business-grade laptops are iirc in the
> prime target for "Dapper Drake", so your T42 vs HP-Turion are in my
> comfort zone.
>
> --
> Bill
> n1vux at arrl.net bill.n1vux at gmail.com
>
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