HELP! Need a laptop for Linux Expo Tomorrow!

[James crawford]

I have had good luck with my HP DV5000 series with AMDs x86_64 and 
Ubuntu 7.04 x86_64 Plus ndiswrapper for the Broadcom 802.11.
> I second Joe's advice. My wife's Toshiba with all Intel chipset 
> (wireless, video, sound all Intel) took the Linux install without a 
> hitch. There was an extra binary blob to install for the wireless but 
> that was easy. Alan Joe Zagar wrote:
>> > I have had great success with both Toshiba and HP laptops as long as 
>> > they have Intel chip set including Intel Wireless. They worked with 
>> > Ubuntu, SUsE, and Fedora 6, right out of the box.
>> > 
>> > Joe
>> > 
>> > Phillip Waclawski wrote:
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>>> >> I had thought I could make it through the hands on tutorial Monday with
>>> >> the old linux laptop I had set up, but the video is basically dead.
>>> >>
>>> >> I would have loved to have waited for a review of the Dell Ubuntu
>>> >> laptops, but that is no longer possible, I leave sunday at 1:00pm, so...
>>> >>
>>> >> I need a laptop that can works with linux. I have a wireless card and
>>> >> ethernet card that I know will work fine, but I need a laptop,
>>> >> preferably with DVD RW  and a decent video card.
>>> >>
>>> >> Someplace like Fry's, PC Club, or even Best Buy if I have to, so long as
>>> >> you know one that will work with a distro such as CentOS (preferred) or
>>> >> Ubuntu.
>>> >>
>>> >> I'd like to keep it in the $1300 or less range (preferably less).
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks for any help you guys can give me,
>>> >> Phil Waclawski
>>> >>
>>> >> &*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*
>>> >> CIS Faculty: Phil Waclawski
>>> >> http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~waclawski
>>> >> &*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*
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James Crawford