[TriLUG] Laptops: Compaq and Sempron

[Josh Vickery]

Dell deals can be damn good, but you have to be willing to monitor the
deal sites and wait.  I got my 600m cheap that way, and it seems to
work as well as any laptop I've owned (IBMs included) with linux.  If
you decide to go this route, the best deals will give you almost 50%
off ($750 off $1500+, 35% off plus free upgrades, the list just goes
on and on).  http://techbargains.com http://www.gotapex.com and
http://www.fatwallet.com are some of the deal sites but there are many
more.

Before you buy, its worth checking out how well the laptop, and its
components work.  My favorite method is simply googling "<laptop name>
linux"

Josh

On 7/5/05, Joel Ebel <jbebel at ncsu.edu> wrote:
> David McDowell wrote:
> > I just got an IBM T42 (not the p unfortunately so I have XGA instead
> > of SXGA) on the EPP and it runs well.
> 
> The p doesn't indicate anything about screen resolution.  I have a T40
> with SXGA.  The p means it uses a firegl instead of a radeon and has a
> faster hard drive.  There may be other differences, but the screen isn't
> one of them.  You can get both p and non-p models (sounds like a famous
> math problem) with any type of screen.
> 
> Joel
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