[NTLUG:Discuss] Notebook Suggestions

[MadHat]

Glendon Shaw wrote:
> 
> I use a Dell Inspiron 7000. I run SuSE 6.2 on the machine with no problems.
> Dell even has a support page that tells you the hardware used in their
> laptops for easy driver search. It has a generous screen size, I believe it
> is still the largest on the market.

If you like lugging around a 9+lb beast...  I have the same and do not
recomend if you want something really managable.  The thing is huge... 
It has all the bells and whistles, like DVD, good Vid, 15" LCD, CD and
Floppy at the same time while the Bat is in (which is nice), but it
weighs 9 lbs... and I have had lots of problems with the switch for the
LCD going out.  I have had to send it in 2 times to get fixed in the
past 9mo.  Not to mention they only offer up to 400MHz right now and the
one I have is a 366 Celeron (I was told it wasn't) and I can tell it has
limited .  I have 256M in mine, and it just doesn't seem enough, but I
am sure it is how I havve it set up.
It is a good computer, just heavy/bulky.  

I would recomend against the IBM StinkPads, um, I mean ThinkPads.  I
have onf of those here as well, and they just don't seem to hold up very
well, that and I personally don't like the nipple.  I prefer the
touchpad, but I really love the rollerball on the old dells.  I have a
Dell Latitude XP, that is an old 486 DX4 75MHz with 40M of RAM and it
works great, but I can't run X on it (or choose not to because of the
display).

For the price, I like the smaller Dells, like the Inspiron 3K series, or
the Latitudes which have better components, but cost more.  I also have
an Inspiron 3200 that works quite well.

If I could have any notebook right now, it would probably be a new PPC
G3 notebook.  Good weight and good options.  Battery lasts 4+ hours.  No
Win* specific parts, like modems.  500MHz.  My neighbor has one and it
looks really sweet.  The only real problem is how much hasn't been
ported to the PPC platform.

Just my $.02

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