Chris Schumann wrote: >>Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:48:00 -0500 >>From: Nicholas Thompson <nicholas.thompson1 at mchsi.com> > > >> Haven't posted in a bit, anyway, to anyone running any >>linux distro on a laptop that fits into these three >>categories, could you post the models and experiencs? used >>ok, as long as one can be obtained currently ebay for the >>same. anyway, whatever i am sleepy sorry for requesting so >>much, just any linux laptop recommendations would be cool. > > > Nick, I have to recommend a ThinkPad. It's all I'll buy. > > Well built, parts priced well and available, and a user community > that cannot be topped. ThinkPad mailing list; Linux-ThinkPad > mailing list; and thinkwiki.org, a whole site dedicated to getting > Linux to run on a ThinkPad. > > I just went to eBay and searched for completed auctions. > In the $375 to $425 range, 379 items came up. T2X, A2x, X2x, > G40, even a few 600X (modded). > >>From $650 to $750, 186 came up. X3x, T3x, T40, T42, R51, etc. > > Any new ThinkPad is going to be a luxury. > > Myself? My wife and I both use a 600X (PIII). I got a 560E for > a buck (166 PMMX). Needs a keyboard, that I bought NEW for $8. > I got a 570 (333 PII) for $40, just missing a hard disk. The 560E, > 570 and my 600X all have Linux. (The 600X has Windows XP too.) > > Chris > > chris, thanks so much for all the time you took looking and the time writing. I had 371.41 in my paypal account, and I got myself a laptop tonight. A Compaq Armada M700. I got a good deal on it, and was able to get it after my recent ebay purge of crap from the garage. Yay! thanks nick -- ------------------------------ nick thompson all unix all the time. ------------------------------