[TriLUG] best places for used laptops? (was Re: recommendation for laptop running vmware)

David A. Cafaro dac at cafaro.net
Tue Apr 15 08:56:12 EDT 2003


The only problem I see with that laptop for anyone who wants to run
vmware is max memory is 384MB.  Not enough to run a lot of VMware
machines.  I'd shoot for a laptop that supports up to at least 512MB for
vmware work (a lot of the C series Dell's do).

-David

On Mon, 2003-04-14 at 18:00, John Beimler wrote:
> BestBuy has a 4.4lb subnotebook this week for $749 after rebates:
> 
>  http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=11202591&m=488&cat=494&scat=495
> 
> Review:
> http://hwreviews.netscape.com/hardware/0-1027-404-20801932.html
> 
> I think this is the same as one of my coworkers purchased, only thing he 
> didn't like was that the keyboard seemed too small.  Not sure about 
> linux compatability either.
> 
> Peace.
> 
> john
> 
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