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Author: Nathan England
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I've got two IBM Thinkpads that are absolutely perfect. Older models but
the newer models I've used work great with Knoppix, so I can imagine
what they would do with a normal distro.=20

I've never been a fan of Dell, but I broke down and bought one. Inspiron
1100. I got a good machine for the money. I'm very happy with it. I
haven't had any driver problems, though I haven't messed with the modem
yet, but supposedly it works.

My Thinkpads are both fairly thin, and my Dell is pretty thick, I've
noticed how much more I prefer my Thinkpads due to the thickness of the
machine. I don't use external keyboards, only the laptop keyboard, and
after banging away for 5 or 6 hours straight, my wrists start to hurt.

So I would recommend a thin laptop. Of course, I'll give you a great
deal on my 2 month old Dell!

nathan

On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 11:27, AZ Pete wrote:
> Hi All,
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> I managed to convince my boss that I need a new laptop. So, I wanted to=

get recommendations about what brands and=20
> models that others have been happy with. I have great latitude in select=

ed my own laptop - so I'm not restricted to=20
> certain manufactures.
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> While the main OS will be Win XP (company requirement), I want to also in=

stall a Linux partition and make the laptop=20
> dual boot.
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> What are the best laptops that are receptive to Linux? Conversely, are t=

here any that simply do not work well with=20
> Linux. My current laptop is a Toshiba Satellite Pro. While is runs Win =

2000 just fine, I could not get Linux to run=20
> very well at all on this particular model.
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> Any thoughts would be most appreciated.
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> Thanks,
> Peter
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Nathan England

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