Re: Laptop Suggestion - HP pavilion

From: lm9user (aa_at_nospam.com)
Date: 06/18/05

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    I find HP/CPQ laptops have good support for linux - I owned one cpq presario
    and now I own HP pavilion.

    For both, All h/w works, incl modem (conexant chipset).

    I have the dv1000 series - good support but I wouldn't recommend this
    laptop. It has intel onboard vide - 3d accel works but not ideal for
    gaming ( centrino, incl WPA encryption works great with mandriva 2005).

    Try their newer ones with AMD turion/sepron chips. They have radeon cards
    ( though low-end still far superior to intel extreme graphics).

    Otherwise, look for an averatek with sempron/athlon and make sure it has
    S3/Unichrome video card and NOT SIS. The latter has no 3D h/w acceleration
    support AFAIK.

    Overall, these offer good linux support and value.

    Some toshiba models also are good.

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