[TriLUG] Which laptop to buy

[Corey]

David, I have the same setup as you and am interested in how you hibernate
xp and then switch between O.S's

On 12/18/05, David McDowell <turnpike420 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You can get a T42 with 1400x1050 no prob.  I love mine (I have the
> 1024x768 model though) and there is no built in firewire, but I have
> an Adaptec pcmcia iEEE-1394 card... 3 port firewire 400 and it works
> perfectly with WinXP, CentOS 4.x and Ubuntu 5.x.  Nice fast laptop,
> solid hardware.  Can't be bought without an XP license on it though.
> They signed a deal with the devil.  :)  Make sure that you burn the
> system CDs BEFORE you reformat and repartition the drive, b/c that's
> the only chance you get.  Support will not send you a set if you don't
> burn the CDs for yourself.  Trust me, I know... :)  It's $45 for the
> set, or you can spend half a day online like I did and finally finding
> their XP based tool for downloading ALL the M$ drivers and software
> which came on the box, except one, the soft DVD player.  I fixed that
> problem by using VLC.  http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
>
> I have WinXP and Ubuntu 5.10 dual boot, I can hibernate the XP, boot
> into U 5.10 (I think it even hibernates successfully now) and then use
> grub to quickly un-hibernate whichever OS I want to use.
>
> The Adaptec firewire card I have is model AFW-1430:
>
> http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/product/proddetail.html?sess=no&prodkey=AFW-1430&language=English+US&cat=Products
>
> good luck.
> David McD
>
>
> On 12/16/05, kevin at flanagannc.net <kevin at flanagannc.net> wrote:
> > I have a Thinkpad T42 at work, it's really nice, doesn't do the screen
> res
> > that you wanted, just 1024x768 on the screen, but the external port runs
> > nicely at 1600x1200.  It's not the fastest, or the sexiest, but it's a
> > great system.
> >
> >
> > I just saw a co-worker bought a compaq AMD Turion based system, he's
> > really happy with it, but I didn't get a good look.  He did say that it
> > was only $850, that's something that the Thinkpad can't claim.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Which laptop to buy, that is the question.  The requirements are built
> > > in Ethernet (gigabit would be nice), IEEE-1394 (FireWire) and a large
> > > (as in pixels) screen (1400x1050 minimum).  I must be able to boot
> both
> > > Linux and some other well known OS.
> > >
> > > I do not care who makes the CPU as long as it is x86, sorry no Macs
> for
> > > this one.  I have had less then happy experiences with Dell, and would
> > > like to stay away from them.  I also find Dell's Linux support to be
> > > about worthless.  I have bought my last Sony anything because of their
> > > DRM shananagains.  I have been happy with my IBM a20p Thinkpad and
> > > before the my Digital HiNote II, but both are just a bit under
> powered.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions on what to buy and where would help.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Charles Fischer
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