[NBLUG/talk] Linux on Laptops

[Steve Johnson]

I don't know anything about the thinpads, but.. the 1100 series from
dell from what I've seen have real crapy video cards (no memory, uses
system memory for video).  So I personaly would stay away from them.

I have a Dell Inspiron 5100, and I love it, has a great video card in it
(ATI Rage 7600 I think, 32megs) and I've run Knoppoix on it with out any
problems, everything just worked.  I allso seem to remember seeing a
post from another nblug user who installed linux on his 5100.

My 5100, is a 2.6Ghz P4 (Not Mobile, and not centrino) and has 256M of
ram. (needs more IMHO) but it runs nice and fast.  I do plan
on putting Debian on it real soon now.

-Steve


On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 07:13:01PM -0700, Cynthia M. Tracy wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm kicking around getting a laptop to dual boot Linux and Window$. I'm
> looking at the IBM thinkpads, which I've heard are great with Linux, and
> the Dell Inspirion 1150. I'm curious if anyone has tried Linux on the
> Inspirion 1150... Linux on Laptops only has info on the 1100. Anybody
> know if there's any major differences?
> 
> While I'm at it, are there other brands I should be looking at? I'm
> willing to fiddle with a machine to get Linux to work on it, but I want
> to know before I buy it that I will eventually get everything to work.
> :-)
> 
> Also, how much memory will I need to comfortably run the latest version
> of KDE? How about for playing DVD movies (either under Windoze or Linux)?
> (I don't expect to do a lot of that, but if I get a DVD drive in it
> someone in the family will probably want to "borrow" it...)
> 
> If anyone wants details, I primarily want to do programming, Internet and
> maybe play arcade games (yay frozen-bubble!) on the machine. I'm aiming
> for at least 1GHz, under $1000, with an internal modem, NIC, and CD-RW
> (DVD is optional).
> 
> TIA,
> William
> 
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