Re: Laptop advice

["Robert Krawitz-2" <user=69@nabble.blu.org>]

    Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:02:08 -0400 
   From: Suman <[hidden email]> 
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   Hi all, 

   I am planning to phase out my old laptop and buy a new one. I consider 
   myself an expert linux user (I use mostly command line and browser) 
   and am looking for laptops that are good for college students( I am a 
   grad student at brown) and support linux. 

   I need the following things from a laptop: 

   Wireless and Bluetooth (wireless keyboard and mouse) 
   Built-in cam and mic (for video chat) 
   A "non-glossy" high resolution screen 
   Portable with Good battery life. 
   No need to have fantastic gaming capabilities, but should be able to 
   run simple graphics applications. 
   HDMI/S-Video (to watch TV) 

   I have the following options: 

   Dell XPS 1550.(Glossy Screen) 
   IBMThinkpad T61. (non glossy screen but no multimedia options) 
   Acer M50v series.(Glossy screen) 
   Macbook pro(expensive) 
   Power notebooks (http://www.powernotebooks.com/) 

   I would be glad to know: 
   1) Your experiences using linux on any of these. 
   2) Does powernotebooks have decent linux support? 
   3) Is there something I can do to make the glossy screen, non-glossy? 
   4) Any non-mainstream companies, that sell linux laptops at a reasonable price? 
   5) Please point out anything I may be missing. 

   While I am at it, how well-supported are tablet PCs on linux? If one 
   is a command line user, will a tablet PC make my life any better than 
   a laptop? 

I'm about to try on an Inspiron 9400/E1705 I bought on eBay. 

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