Re: Choosing a notebook
- From: ray <ray@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:46:54 -0600
On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 20:03:34 +0200, Thomas Sowa wrote:
Hello,
I have already some experience in Suse Linux and would like to try myself on
Debian. I plan to buy a Notebook in near future and just can't decide what
combination would go best with Debian:
1. Some people tell me to buy a Mac and make 2 partitions, but Macs are
expensive and I'm not sure if they are as good as the Mac advocats claim
them to be. Does it matter for Debian wether it runs on PC or Mac?
2. I rather thought to buy a PC, but can't decide which company to choose.
Does anyone know a company that has an open source friendly corporate
philosophy, good Hardware and a nice price?
Does not exist.
3. I would like to have my Notebook with integrated WLAN 802.11 a/b/g,
Bluetooth, IEEE 1394, Digital Camera Memory Stick Reader, integrated digital
camera...can Debian handle it? Is the configuration of it all complicated,
or does Debian recognize them automatically?
should work fine.
4. My Lexmark X1150 (wasn't a good choice) isn't Suse compatible. Are there
recomendable printer/scanner combinations that would work with Debian and
not waste too much money for inc? Is a printer/scanner combination
recomendable?
I've never much cared for combo units - when you try to make one thing do
several tasks, it generally winds up not doing anything very well. Epson
has very good support for both scanners and printers. So does HP. I'd
start there.
5. Does a Dual-Core-Processor make a difference?
From what I've read, it gives you about 1.5 to 1.6 processors as comparedto dual cpus. You will see some advantage, but not a lot.
I thank you in advance,
Thomas Sowa
There are only a few people who MANUFACTURE laptops - it's significantly
more difficult than building a laptop, you can't just get parts and slap
them together. So you are likely to find units from more than one seller
that are virtually identical.
In my experience (rather limited) IBM laptops are Linux compatible. I have
a Gateway, and I'd not recommend it to anyone wanting to use Linux. I'd
also not worry too much about a built in wireless - pcmcia cards are easy
to install (if you get a compatible one) and not that expensive.
.
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