[GRLUG] laptops
Michael Mol
mikemol at gmail.com
Wed Mar 21 19:14:37 EDT 2007
On 3/21/07, Nathan Drier <ndrier at gmail.com> wrote:
> So my laptop died a horrible death in a cold parking lot today. I was
> wardriving on my way to my wireless security class, and I took it out of my
> car to wander up to class and didn't have a good hold on it. **slip fumble
> fumble smash**
>
> The screen is pretty busted up, but everything else works ok ( i'm actually
> still using it now) Screens run about 250 bucks, so my plan is to just
> part it out on ebay and get something else. I've been drooling over some
> little dual-cores....but they are just a little out of my price range.
>
> Now, my linux-related question is this. What laptops do you guys run?
> Distros? Any brands you hate / love? Horror Stories? How is linux
> compatability?
Compaq Presario 2100...But that's an old AthlonXP 2200+ processor.
And it was designed poorly, considering that the keys have left
scratches on the screen, the model has a history of dying batteries,
and I had to get the power socket resoldered after it had come loose.
Hm. It's got a couple dead pixels, too...but that's because some dolt
jabbed the LCD with his finger.
Everything I've tried seems to work, since switching to Ubuntu.
(Granted, I haven't tried the SVideo output, and that hadn't worked
when I ran Debian.) It runs Ubuntu fine, for my needs. Mostly, I do
web browsing and OpenOffice work. The interface latency certainly
isn't crisp, but that doesn't get in my way. (much)
If I were to buy a laptop, though, I'd get an IBM Thinkpad.
Preferably T-series. But that's not likely to happen for a few more
years.
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:wq
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