[CS-FSLUG] Laptop thoughts

[James Thompson]

Don't buy PCs...buy a Mac....BSD with a great GUI...you could even run 
yellowdog if you want to go Linux, but why?


-James

On 5/16/05, Josiah Ritchie <jritchie at bible.edu> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 09:48 -0400, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> > On Sunday 15 May 2005 8:53 pm, Stephen J. McCracken wrote:
> > > Hi, all,
> > >
> > > I was wondering if anyone here had any thoughts on buying a Gateway
> > > laptop vs a Dell.
> > >
> > > Anyone?
> >
> > Yes, and no. ;) MAKE SURE that the Nic. ISN'T a Broadcom!!! Gateway 
> isn't
> > smart enough to use something compatible like the Intel chipset. Dell 
> has
> > also use junk like the Broadcom so CHECK the specs. of ANY laptop BEFORE 
> you
> > buy it!! There also are laptops make for linux for around the same price 
> as
> > these two makers. Go here for a look:
> > http://eracks.com/products/Laptops?session=1360142017736631
> 
> I have some broadcom gigabit NICs in linux servers that work quite well.
> In other words, research whith NIC it is before you totally can it for
> that reason. I'm very happy with the Dell's I've used. Support, in
> general, seems to be solid. Dell might not officially support Linux, but
> they have unnofficial linux support groups that include employees. They
> also do support versions of Linux on servers. I'm very happy with Dell.
> 
> If you are thinking "personal" notebook, I'd go with PowerNotebooks.com<http://PowerNotebooks.com>
> as the distributor. They are a Christian company, and it shows. They are
> very knowledgeable, small and provide excellent support. They give
> discounts for paying in full (not on a credit card). A friend of mine
> just ordered his second from them. His 4 year old one died finally after
> daily use 8-12 hrs/day. There were times when support was needed, but
> they handled it very well. Incidently, they have a Linux support forum
> right on their site.
> 
> JSR/
> 
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James W. Thompson, II (New Orleans, LA)
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