Re: Linux on the Cheapest Laptops

From: Dances With Crows (danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows_at_gmail.com)
Date: 08/17/05

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    Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:05:09 -0500

    On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 08:03:00 -0400, James Knott staggered into the Black
    Sun and said:
    > James Knott wrote:
    >> Tony Sivori wrote:
    >>> What are the odds of Mandrake / Mandriva or Suse working on the
    >>> bottom of the line laptops that Office Depot, Best Buy and others
    >>> are selling?
    >> There's a company called "Angel Computers", which sells low end
    >> computers, loaded with Linux.

    I hear that if you call up Sager ( http://www.sagernotebook.com/ ,
    warning, index.html is Flash-infested) and speak to an actual human
    being, you can get them to sell you a laptop that has no OS installed on
    it. I've never tried this though, because they don't sell laptops with
    Trackpoints, and I hate touchpads.

    > While not below $1K, here's another source. http://www.shoprcubed.com

    $1000 is a lot to pay for a laptop these days. The OP should think
    about buying refurbished, because you get more computer for your $ if
    you do that. Also, since most refurbished models have been around for a
    year or so, there are almost always guides for installing @DISTROS on
    them available via tuxmobil or linux-laptops. All 3 laptops I've ever
    owned have been refurbished, and I've had exactly 2 mechanical problems
    with them. (One didn't get fixed because it cost too much, the other
    was a fan that gave out which cost me $55 and 30 minutes of
    screwdriver-fu.) FWIW, IBM laptops are pretty solidly built, and most
    of them work very well with Linux. HTH, 

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