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I have used a lot of Dells including the D600 and D610. I no longer like
Dell laptops because their keyboards bother me. The only one that I would
buy now would be a really little model they make with the widescreen. I
forget the model name but it it might've been something like a D700. The
reason I like that is because it is lightweight and yet has a pretty wide
screen for its small size.
Toshiba has some really thin models. I would recommend getting an extra
battery if the user can't afford to be down and/or take time to plug in. I
would also recommend 2Gigs of ram. l like Thinkpads although I am not crazy
about the mouse that some of the older ones have had.
Marc
On 3/20/07, Rick Stevens <rstevens@(protected)> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 15:34 -0500, Fred Grant wrote:
> > Our youngest son will soon be in the market for a laptop/notebook. I
> > would appreciate the latest skinny on what's out there that seems to
> > provide good value.
> >
> > He'll need wifi for sure and will probably use some form of (gasp!)
> > Windows as he hasn't any technical inclination whatsoever. That means
> > security will be an issue.
> >
> > Games are not a big deal but some decent capability should be built in.
> >
> > I should mention that he is 31 years old to sort of frame the situation
> > more completely.
>
> Well, gee. I've used Linux on several laptops with pretty good
> success. I think the consensus on most lists have the Acer and
> IBM (Lenova) laptops in the lead. Personally, I've used a Fujitsu C3200
> series in the past and I'm using an older HP Pavillion zv6300 (AMD
> Athlon 64) currently. I'm running Fedora Core 6 on the laptop, but I
> have run Ubuntu, CentOS and RHEL on it as well.
>
> The most common issues remain the wifi chipsets and modems. Both of the
> laptops I've used have the Broadcom wifi chipset and I've never been
> fond of the bcm43xx driver. It often has problems with WEP encryption
> and stuff like that. I stick with ndiswrapper and the Winblows driver.
> Most laptops use a soft modem and drivers can be a problem. There's
> better support for the Conexant modems than any of the others, but your
> mileage may vary. I'd suggest you check http://www.linux-laptop.net for
> info on any specific model you may be interested in.
>
> If you get an AMD Athlon/X2 or Intel dual-core machine, your son may be
> able to use Xen to run Windows and Linux simultaneously. Note that you
> must have hardware virtualization to run Windows under Xen. The other
> option for simultaneous operation is to get and use VMware.
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<br>I have used a lot of Dells including the D600 and D610. I no longer
like Dell laptops because their keyboards bother me. The only one that I
would buy now would be a really little model they make with the widescreen.
I forget the model name but it it might've been something like a D700
. The reason I like that is because it is lightweight and yet has a pretty
wide screen for its small size.
<br>Toshiba has some really thin models. I would recommend getting an
extra battery if the user can't afford to be down and/or take time to plug
in. I would also recommend 2Gigs of ram. l like Thinkpads although
I am not crazy about the mouse that some of the older ones have had.
<br><br><br>Marc<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/20/07, <b
class="gmail_sendername">Rick Stevens</b> <<a href="mailto:rstevens@(protected)
.com">rstevens@(protected)</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;
padding-left: 1ex;">
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 15:34 -0500, Fred Grant wrote:<br>> Our youngest son
will soon be in the market for a laptop/notebook. I<br>> would
appreciate the latest skinny on what's out there that seems to<br>>
provide good value.
<br>><br>> He'll need wifi for sure and will probably use some form
of (gasp!)<br>> Windows as he hasn't any technical inclination
whatsoever. That means<br>> security will be an issue.<br>><br
>> Games are not a big deal but some decent capability should be built in.
<br>><br>> I should mention that he is 31 years old to sort of frame the
situation<br>> more completely.<br><br>Well, gee. I've used
Linux on several laptops with pretty good<br>success. I think the
consensus on most lists have the Acer and
<br>IBM (Lenova) laptops in the lead. Personally, I've used a
Fujitsu C3200<br>series in the past and I'm using an older HP Pavillion
zv6300 (AMD<br>Athlon 64) currently. I'm running Fedora Core 6
on the laptop, but I
<br>have run Ubuntu, CentOS and RHEL on it as well.<br><br>The most common
issues remain the wifi chipsets and modems. Both of the<br>laptops I
've used have the Broadcom wifi chipset and I've never been<br>fond of
the bcm43xx driver. It often has problems with WEP encryption
<br>and stuff like that. I stick with ndiswrapper and the Winblows
driver.<br>Most laptops use a soft modem and drivers can be a problem.
There's<br>better support for the Conexant modems than any of the
others, but your
<br>mileage may vary. I'd suggest you check <a href="http://www
.linux-laptop.net">http://www.linux-laptop.net</a> for<br>info on any specific
model you may be interested in.<br><br>If you get an AMD Athlon/X2 or Intel
dual-core machine, your son may be
<br>able to use Xen to run Windows and Linux simultaneously. Note
that you<br>must have hardware virtualization to run Windows under Xen.
The other<br>option for simultaneous operation is to get and use VMware.
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.com
</a> -<br>-
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