>>>>> "MH" == Matthew S Hallacy <poptix at poptix.net> writes:

    MH> On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 11:55:02AM -0600, Patrick McCabe wrote:
    >> I am going to be buying a laptop computer soon. I assume it will come 
    >> with XP and I will want to convert it to dual-boot Linux. Will there be 
    >> any problems doing this? I have built dual-boot sytems before but not 
    >> with XP.
    >> 
    >> Also if anyone really loves (or hates) their laptop I am happy to hear 
    >> recommendations.
    >> 
    >> Thanks,
    >> Patrick McCabe

    MH> I recently purchased a second laptop, my second Toshiba, an
    MH> A75-S226 3.06 GHz, 80GB HDD, 15.4" Widescreen, DVD+-RW drive,
    MH> 802.11g(atheros), ATI WinModem, 10/100 RealTek ethernet, ATI
    MH> 9100 Mobility Video, 1xFirewire, 3xUSB 2.0 (One on the right
    MH> side for desktop mouse usage), 2x PCMCIA, IRDA, and a 5-in-1
    MH> flash card reader.

Does the ACPI stuff work right?  software suspend?

Thanks!
R

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