they want a linux box w/o the M$ tax.

On Tuesday 13 February 2007 4:46 pm, keith smith wrote:
> Dell always has nice stuff at a low price
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> Inspiron E1505
> Intel® Core™ Duo T2250 (1.73GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)
>  FREE Upgrade to Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium with 1GB of memory
>  1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm
>  80GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
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> $799+tax Shipping is usually free.
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> Lee Reynolds <lreynolds@frontier.eas.asu.edu> wrote: I have a faculty
> member here who is looking for a laptop to run Linux. Unfortunately I'm not
> the best person to make a recommendation on what to buy since I don't run
> Linux on any laptops.  I have set it up before for our customers and even
> got things like sound, full X support, and wireless working (sometimes). 
> What I lack is the ability to say "buy this" and be confident that my
> recommendation will have minimal problems.
>
> Here is her description of what she wants: "I am looking for a minimal
> laptop.  The purpose of the purchase is to have a machine that I can
> take into class and demonstrate LINUX commands, utilities, etc as well
> as development of C and C++ programs.  Quite honestly, I would like to
> spend as little as possible."
>
> It should be able to connect to our wireless network and be fairly
> capable, but other than that there are not any special considerations.
>
> If anyone has any recommendations I'd appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lee
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