[ale] Recommendations for Linux-friendly Laptop (again)

[John Wells]

The 600e would be great if it had a 15" display and high resolution. 
Everything I find indicates it has only a 13.3.  Thanks for the info just
as well!

John

James P. Kinney III said:
> Every HP pavilion laptop I've come in contact with (8+) has been a
> rickety piece of crap. The case feels like it will fall apart. Battery
> life is a complete joke. Screens are blurry. Touchpads are flaky. And
> they are noisy. CD's seem to die early on all of them.
>
> I currently have a used IBM Thinkpad 600e (PII 300, 128M ram). It feels
> solid as a rock. The screen is fantastic. Battery life is crap. But I
> did get a DVD for it from Ebay and my kids can watch movies in the car
> using a power inverter. It has a win-modem, but it is supported in the
> new 2.4.14+ kernels. It gets used almost daily for on call network
> support ad diagnostics.
>
> On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 20:37, John Wells wrote:
>> So far, I'm looking at the HP Pavilion ze4000.  Anyone have any
>> experience with this and Linux?  googling did provide any results.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>>
>> John Wells said:
>> > Also, any notebook companies out there that let you avoid the
>> Windows tax?
>> >  I thought dell had started this, but can't find the option on any
>> of
>> > their laptops.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>> > John Wells said:
>> >> Yes, another linux laptop question.
>> >>
>> >> I'm looking for a laptop in which I can sacrifice some processing
>> power for a larger display, as I'll often be using it for a remote
>> display into another more powerful machine.  I'd like to keep the
>> price as low as possible.  Any recommendations?
>> >>
>> >> Requirements:
>> >> LARGE display
>> >> Good range of resolutions from video card
>> >> Affordable
>> >> Linux-compatible hardware
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> John
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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