"Dan Churchill" <churchid at visi.com> wrote: > > It's an ASUS L8400 PIII 1.0 GHz, 384 MB RAM, 30gig HD, etc. Don't know how > Linux-friendly it is, but the advertised prices are 1999.99 with WinME, and > 1899.99 with no OS. I've done a bit of searching for good laptops.. As much as I want to get Linux pre-installed, or no OS on it, I think I'll have to give and get Windows -- otherwise my pocketbook will never forgive me. And, well, I also have to get Microsoft Works or MS Office, plus an Internet service plan, which I don't understand. I really want a big display, so I've been taking a look at Dell's Inspiron 4100 with Ultra XGA (1600x1200). Except for the display, you can get a very similar system to the above for the same or less money (okay, I'm probably going to buy the box with 128MB of RAM, then buy 512MB from somewhere else -- one thing that Dell heavily overcharges on..) A configuration I figured was decent turned out to be about $1700. I guess I'm being cheap on the warranty though (1 year instead of 3), and might change that.. -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ Linux: Just do it. / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20011211/28e17aaa/attachment.pgp