My Sony's pretty good, and the one I have would fit into your price range, 
just barely.  (Don't know if the prices have changed.)  Compaq seems to be 
troublesome; I had a terrible time trying to install on one due to the IDE 
chipset.  Several people I know recommend Dell.

Vaughn Treude
Nakota Software, Inc.

On Monday 27 January 2003 07:53, you wrote:
> I was wondering who has had success wth linux on a laptop(any laptop).
> A friend has a compaq laptop and for the most part it works, except for
> energy management and encrypted wireless.
>
> Is there a laptop available(preferrably for less than 1500 dollars) that
> runs linux perfectly?
>
> Anthony
>
>
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