[ale] Laptop Questions

[Tomoki Taniguchi]

Trident chips should be supported.  at least for the xf86 4.2.0 release 
notes trident is listed under the driver section.  That said I would
still go for a laptop using an ati chip for laptops.  my laptop
is a compaq presario 80xl550.  I have gotten most things working on it
except for the modem, and some of the special buttons. (but the buttons,
I'm just lazy to map.)  I have generally had good luck with dells in the
past.  In general, stay away from propietary hw or windows specific hw.

-tomoki

-----Original Message-----
From: cfowler [mailto:cfowler at outpostsentinel.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 12:30 PM
To: Tomoki Taniguchi
Cc: ale at ale.org
Subject: RE: [ale] Laptop Questions


I was a little afraid of the modem part.  But I no longer use dial-up. 
I use DSL.  I'm mainly looking to invest in somethat that will run
Linux.  I'll use win4lin for the windows stuff.

Toshiba 1400's come with a Trident video chipset.  If I can remberer,
those are not supported by X.

Chris

On Mon, 2002-07-29 at 12:06, Tomoki Taniguchi wrote:
> the biggest problem you'll most likely run into is the modem.
> most laptops now days come with win-modems.  The linux kernel
> doesn't have support for them AFAIK.  There are projects that 
> have made working drivers for them, but I haven't really tried
> to see how well they work.  I just have a pcmcia card when I 
> need a modem.
> 
> oh and try to avoid laptop that uses usb-floppy drives.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cfowler [mailto:cfowler at outpostsentinel.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 11:41 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Laptop Questions
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm hoping I could get some good feedback here.  I went to CompUSA to
> look at Laptops.  But it is so hard determining if Linux works on them. 
> I'm thinking about the Toshiba Satellite system.  Can someone here give
> me advise on purchasing a new laptop to run Linux on.  I'm looking to
> spend around $1500+ so I get a *good* and *fast* one.  I do not want to
> be locked down to winbloze.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
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