[NBLUG/talk] Looking for a Laptop

Scott Doty scott at sonic.net
Fri Jan 16 17:46:01 PST 2004


On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 03:31:07PM -0800, Jim Bianchi wrote:
> From: Bob Wachtel <bob at posthorse.com>
> Subject: [NBLUG/talk] Looking for a Laptop
> Reply-To: talk at nblug.org
> 
> Generally I use an old Win95 laptop to SSH to a server, but now it's time
> to get a labtop running Linux. Tuesday's meeting gave me some ideas. Any
> laptop a few waves back from the leading edge would suit my needs.

I'm looking for a new laptop, with built in wireless that Linux supports. 
DVI output is a plus (if such a thing exists for a laptop), otherwise, some
snazzy VGA (TV has a VGA RGB connector, too).  Should be able to handle
1280x720 on the external VGA, which is the native resolution of the TV.

This is going to kill two birds with one stone -- it will be the media PC
playing divx off the other computer via wifi, and also what I'll be carrying
around.  At home, it will get the USB wireless keyboard/mouse combo to drive
it from the couch.

Any ideas very much appreciated.  Thanks!

 -Scott



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