Re: [SLE] looking for advice about laptops

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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 21:23:21 -0500

On Thursday 08 July 2004 18:26, Maura Edeweiss Monville wrote:
> I've ben thinking for a long time of buying a laptop for working on my
> projectduring trips and overseas stays ... rather than renting desktops.
> Needless to say I wish to rn SuSE. Up to last year most laptops were
> shipped with Windows installed and vendors/makers denied any
> responsibility about replacing Windows with SuSE satisfactorily.
> Another drawback is the particular configuration I need. Basically I'm
> looking for at least 1GB RAM, Pentiun IV or equivalent processor at least
> 3.06 GHz or faster. I aslso need the wireless network and a true model for
> occasional dial-up connections. Last year i thought I had found a laptop
> with the above characteristics but a better look at its components
> revealed an extrmely slow access to the data bus which would result in
> many CPU idle cycles.
>
> During the last year laptops have evolved and maybe the current market
> offers even more than I need ... I havent' found any time to follow up
> unluckily ... recently I've been offered a laptop ECS which is to me a
> totally unknown brand name. My understanding is that some third parties
> buy the main components and then they assembly them together according to
> the customer's requests .. which sounds pretty convenient.. But there may
> be a pitfall I cannot see out of ignorance in this field.
> Honestly I do not know whether it's better to buy a known brand like Dell,
> HP, IMB, etc ... or save some money and still have a reliable laptop
> specially made for me by these third parties ...
> I'd greatly appreciate some advice
>
> Maura EM
I like my HP... seems to run SuSE 9 Pro w/o much problem, once I got used to
how to set things up. Wireless works... as does eth0, internal modem is
supported, firewire is supported, etc. PCI listing follows:
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device cbb2 (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc PCI Bridge [IGP 340M]
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link
Controller Audio Device (rev 02)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV]
00:08.0 Modem: ALi Corporation Intel 537 [M5457 AC-Link Modem]
00:09.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94306 802.11g (rev 02)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6912 Cardbus Controller
00:0b.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 50)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 50)
00:0b.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51)
00:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000
Controller (PHY/Link)
00:10.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4)
00:11.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 PMU
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815
(MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon IGP 340M

I thought I had made a mistake getting this box, but it turned out it was
really my inexperience w/SuSE that was the main problem. :-)

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...CH
"The more they over-think the plumbing,
the easier it is to stop up the drain."
				Scotty
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