Re: Best LAPTOP to buy for Linux?

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From: Chris Cox
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 00:00

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Subhas Roy wrote:
> 
> In article <34ED4233.3507994D@thepla.net>,
>         Chris Bitmead <ChrisB@ThePla.net> writes:
> 
> > I'm thinking of buying a laptop (fairly high end), on which I want
> > to run, amoungst other things, Linux.
> 
> buying from www.varesearch.com  might be a good idea.

Yes and no....

Some notebooks like the Hitachi Visionbook Pro install Linux
so painlessly, that the extra overhead (usually paying a price
which is close to retail) makes the commercial installations
somewhat pricey (to the order of $500 - $1000 more than doing
it yourself....alot to pay for Linux).

Regards,
Chris

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Subject: Re: Best LAPTOP to buy for Linux?
Date: 1998/02/23
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