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Chris Bitmead wrote:
> 
> I'm thinking of buying a laptop (fairly high end), on which I  want to
> run, amoungst other things, Linux.

Hi. I have an NEC VERSA 6000H and it works like charm
(800x600 @16bpp ), soundcard working out of the box, etc. 

The NEC VERSA 6xxx tend to receive good reports, though it
depends a lot on the model number. Apparently, VAResearch
use these. If you really are willing to spend something on
it, VA Research are a good place to look for the high-end
stuff. 

There's a page which has some info :

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/

the canonical info source about linux&laptops. There's some
volunteer support database, 

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/volunteer.html

where you can check for a model of laptop and contact
some-one who owns that model and ask them questions about
how well linux runs on it. I did this prior to buying mine.

The places that sell (linux-loaded) laptops that I know of
are:

<A HREF="http://www.varesearch.com">	VA Research </A>
<A HREF="http://www.swt.com">   	SWT Computing </A>

And I think

< A HREF="http://www.promox.com">	Promox </A>



> Good Linux support is my highest priority, and I want to get it right.


If that's the case, consider getting a laptop with linux
pre-loaded.

-- Donovan


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Donovan Rebbechi, Lord of the Elves, 
Dept of Mathematics, Rutgers University Newark

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