Suggestions for laptop purchase for Fedora Core 3?

Maciej m.mail at vp.pl
Wed May 11 15:21:23 UTC 2005


Hi out there,

why not use Acer Ferrari 3200? I am new to Linux and even I was able to
configure WLAN (with WPA) and ATI 3D support and now the whole hardware
(well the one that I need) works just fine with FC3.

On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 09:17 -0600, kevin.kempter at dataintellect.com
wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 May 2005 18:51, Chris Stark wrote:
> > On Tuesday 10 May 2005 2:40 pm, Edgar Ribeiro wrote:
> > > I really suggest TOSHIBA Satellite A75-s211 or s231.
> > >
> > > I use s231 with Windows XP Home and Fedora 3.
> > >
> > > It's perfect.
> >
> > I second the vote for Toshiba. I have a Satellite P25-???
> >
> > It's a 3GHz P4 with a 17" wide screen. I got it about the time FC1 came
> > out, and Fedora is all that has been running on it ever since. My only
> > gripe is the 10/100 Ethernet, though I could always just buy a PCMCIA
> > Gigabit adapter. Oh yeah, it weighs 10+ pounds (it really is a portable
> > desktop).
> >
> > Aloha,
> > --
> > Chris Stark
> > Musician, Linux User, & Grad Student
> > http://chrisstark.com/
> 
> I'm running FC3 on a Sony Vaio S260. It's a lightweight notebook with an 
> 1280X800 wide screen 1Gig/ram and a 60G HD. FC3 runs excellent on it. Sound 
> works, the wide screen works, etc.. The only issue I have is the built-in 
> memory stick slot does not work however I have a USB memory stick reader and 
> a USB external HD that both work great !
> 
-- 
Kind regards,
Maciej
--
m.mail at vp.pl

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