Subject: Re: Linux on Laptops
From: I R A Darth Aggie (sy_nttvr@gurcragntba.pbz)
Date: Thu Dec 14 2000 - 22:03:29 GMT+1
On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 15:10:00 GMT,
nycjedi@my-deja.com <nycjedi@my-deja.com>, in
<91ans1$r31$1@nnrp1.deja.com> wrote:
+ I am in the market for a new laptop on which I would like to dual boot
+ between NT 2000(try not to don't gasp) and Linux.
Win2k is MUCH better than NT could ever dream of. Dual booting is fairly
painless, too. There are sources on the 'net, or I can post more details.
+ My first question is which laptop manufacturers would you recommend.
I've had pretty good luck with Dell's (several Inspiron 3800's, an
Inspiron 5000 and an Inspiron 7500, but a friend has had _no_ luck
with his Inspiron 75K, go figure), but only so-so luck with Latitude
CSx.
All-in-all, the things to look out for are: video card, network card,
sound card, modem. Most built-in modems are winmodems, and are useless
(except for the lucent winmodems, which have linux drivers).
+ My second question is what are your opinions about the internal
+ 10/100 NIC that comes with IBM's laptops.
It _probably_ is, but I can't access the spec sheets on X series machines,
so I can't say with any certainty.
You probably want to look at
<url:http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/>, tho.
+ Am I better off purchasing an external PCMCIA NIC(and if so which one)?
Maybe. I've got 3Com 3CCFE575CT-D cards that worked out-of-the-box with
a very up-to-date version of the PCMCIA software. I've also got a Psion
GoldCard 56K FaxModem card that seems to be recognized, tho I haven't
tested its functionality.
James
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