[linux-help] Re: Linux laptop compatibility
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It would likely be a ThinkPad 600X with a PIII processor at around 650-800
MHz, 256MB RAM, 20GB hard drive. That's about the most recent model I can
afford that meets the minimum specs I need. I could still go with a Dell
Inspiron 2600 or 2650 with a slightly faster processor but similar in
other respects.
On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, Steven Saner wrote:
>
> You don't say which IBM ThinkPad model you are looking at, so it is
> hard to say. I have successfully got linux to work on a couple
> different Thinkpads. Some of the older models like my 760 incorporate
> an MWAVE device for sound and modem. I don't think that there is any
> Linux support for that, so I don't have sound or the modem with
> it. Other than that it works fine.
>
> Steve
>
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 06:15:50AM -0500, rohrer aaron l wrote:
> >
> > Hey,
> > I'm getting set to buy a refurbished laptop--probably either an
> > IBM ThinkPad or a Dell Inspiron in the 650MHz to 1.0GHz range--and will be
> > putting Linux RedHat 7.2 on it.
> > I have done a fair amount of research on my own and have read a
> > number of online documents about Linux on laptops. These two models seem
> > to be among the top Linux-compatible laptops. Anybody have any experience
> > with Linux on these models, or have any suggestions? Advice? Horror
> > stories?
> > I am moderately experienced with Linux and have successfully
> > installed Mandrake on a desktop I built. But I have never had a laptop
> > before, have never used RedHat and am not an expert at tweaking and
> > configuring Linux.
> >
> > -Aaron Rohrer
> >
> >
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