Linky?<br><br>Thanks,<br>Brandon<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 24, 2008 9:53 AM, David Champion <<a href="mailto:dchampion@visionary.com">dchampion@visionary.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
This one is pretty nicely equipped:<br>Vostro 1500 - $599<br> Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor<br><div class="Ih2E3d"> Genuine Windows XP Home Edition or Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic<br> 2GB memory*<br>
120GB* hard drive<br> CD/DVD burner<br></div> 128MB NVIDIA® graphics card*<br><br><br>I don't think they'd give you a lot of problems linux driver-wise. The<br>one thing I'd see if you could customize would be the wifi card - switch
<br>to the Intel card that has a native linux driver, instead of the<br>Dell/Broadcom chip that you'd have to use ndiswrapper for.<br><br>If you're wanting a slick looking laptop, the Vostro isn't it. They look
<br>like a square black chunk. They also have the Latitude D531 for $649.<br>IMHO the current Latitude line is pretty sharp looking.<br><font color="#888888"><br>-dc<br></font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>Dave Weis wrote:
<br>><br>> There's a 2 day special on laptops probably containing lots of "driver<br>> challenges" for $399-$649. The least expensive one is<br>> Vostro™ 1000<br>> AMD Sempron™ processor<br>
> Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition or Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic<br>> 1GB memory*<br>> 120GB* hard drive<br>> CD/DVD burner<br>> 1-Year Limited Warranty* with Mail-In Service<br>>
<br>> If anyone wants the url let me know, it's nothing through my company,<br>> just one of the mailing lists.<br>><br>> dave<br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Cialug mailing list
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