🚀 go-pugleaf

yeah...  I do like IBM.  do they still make the thinkpads with the full sized
keyboard?

Dell is good too, I was just concerned over problems I'd noticed dealing with
Intel based mobiles.

Mark G wrote:

> I have had no problems getting mandrake, suse, redhat or caldera to run on
> my gateway 9300.  It is  a great machine, but I just hope I dont ever need
> repairs.  They dont have the best customer support in the world.
> Nevertheless, as far as I am concerned there are only 3 laptops made.  IBM,
> Dell, and Gateway.
>
> Mark
>
> Draco Ravenloft <draco81@swbell.net> wrote in message
> news:3952C087.1D56035D@swbell.net...
> > Interesting... Mayhaps they just know how to make laptops and not desktop?
> >
> > oh well.....  I'll look into those since they are ones I can get
> preinstalled with linux
> > (my biggest concern...  compatibility I never was worried about... it was
> not wanting to
> > pay the additional 100+ bucks for Winderz32)
> >
> > Rod Smith wrote:
> >
> > > In article <3951AD01.987FA14C@swbell.net>,
> > >         Draco Ravenloft <draco81@swbell.net> writes:
> > > > I hadn't noticed your last comment about Compaq.... and well.   Those
> things don't
> > > > exist to me.  EVERY compaq I've ever messed with was a POS. It would
> crash everytime
> > > > I sneezed (I'm only BARELY exaggerating this BTW) and were 1 - 2
> THOUSAND dollars
> > > > more expensive than what i could build a better system for myself
> (this was
> > > > factoring in back in the day when they would say the total value of
> preinstalled
> > > > software).  I have the same problem with Gateway
> > >
> > > FWIW, I've been happy with Linux's performance on my Compaq Presario
> > > 1200-XL106 notebook. This thing does use some fairly bleeding-edge
> > > technology, but there are drivers for all of it under Linux. I've had
> > > no reliability problems under Linux. (Win98, OTOH, frequently locks up
> > > when returning from sleep mode.) It uses an AMD K6-2 CPU. For details,
> > > check my web page on it:
> > >
> > > http://www.rodsbooks.com/presario/
> > >
> > > --
> > > Rod Smith, rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
> > > http://www.rodsbooks.com
> > > Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
> >