Advice on linux laptop

From: David Lightman (DavidLightmanNOSPAMFORME_at_gmail.com)
Date: 04/23/05 

Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 17:11:56 +0200

Hi there,

I'd like to buy a laptop in a few weeks. I'd like to here some
experiences on it's usability with linux. First of all there are some
models which match my budget and the hardware I'd like to get.

  - Acer Aspire 1692WLMi
  - Acer Extensa 4101WLMi

For the first one I couldn't find any usefull information on its
usability running linux. The second one was mentioned as a bit problematic.
I'd like to have accelerated 3D drivers running, e.g. battery status
usable, acpi stuff and software suspend working. Anyone here who has
experience with these products?
I also have a bad feeling about ati drivers, especially with x700, which
I never used before. Are they usable e.g. for playing enemy territory on
linux, does x work without any problems, or should I stay with nvidia
geforce 6600?
Do those PCIe based graphic cards generally work on linux in a usable
way or is there at least planned support for the next weeks or months?

The other product which looks interesting for me is an AOpen 1559
Barebook because it has a geforce based graphic card and is not that
expensive, but I can't find any information on it expect for the
specifications. Any experience with a laptop based on it especially with
using it on linux?
- http://solution.aopen.com.tw/products/nb/1559-AS.htm

At last I'd like to here about some suggestions on laptops for running
linux which should match these specs:
  - Centrino, Pentium-M 1.6Gh
  - x700 or geforce 6600 graphic card
  - 512MB Ram
  - 60 GB Harddrive
  - Wlan
  - DVD +-RW
  - 15" display with reslotution higer than 1024x786

Thanks for your advice,
        Dave

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