[CLUE-Talk] Linux Laptops

[bill ehlert]

**  "Z" - -

      if "around" may be defined as "the
    continental united states", you might
    find these guys useful:

        http://www.emperorlinux.com/

      their marketing proposition:  "we
    will sell no computer before its time."

      no, scratch that.  try this:

    "EmperorLinux is dedicated to bringing fully
configured Linux laptops, notebooks, and PDA's
  to the Linux/GNU/Open Source community. Our
systems are carefully chosen to be as
    Linux friendly as possible. We will not offer
a laptop until we are confident that it is
  configured to fully exploit its hardware. Our
systems are delivered out-of-the-box ready.
  That means X, sound, APM, modem, networking,
PCMCIA, USB, and more... "

    i don't know about their prices.

    
    if you wouldn't mind posting an occasional
report on your search, i'd appreciate it, 
because i've been toying with the idea too.


                           "B"



--- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
<clue at dissociatedpress.net> wrote:
> I'm not having much luck shopping around, so I
> thought I'd touch
> base with the CLUE talk list to see if anyone
> had suggestsions.
> 
> I'm trying to find a decent laptop to run
> Linux, and not having
> a great deal of success...
> 
> I'm aware of QLI's laptops, but none of their
> offerings really excite
> me. I like the Apple line of PowerBooks, but
> they're so overpriced,
> it's ridiculous.
> 
> Here's what I'm looking for:
> 
> * At least 256MB of RAM, upgradeable to 512 or
> more.
> 
> * Solid construction.
> 
> * 1024x768 resolution or better.
> 
> * 14" or 15" screen.
> 
> * Independent system and video RAM -- many of
> the laptops I've looked
>   at are pretty nice, except that system RAM is
> shared with the video
>   RAM... Urgh. No thanks.
> 
> * I'd prefer an Athlon-based system, but will
> settle for Pentium or
>   Celeron. Clock speed isn't that important.
> Hard drive size -- anything
>   bigger than 20 GB is fine.
> 
> * Video, sound and USB must work under Linux. I
> don't care if the
>   internal modem works.
> 
> * Price: Less than $1,500.
> 
> I think that's about it. Any suggestions?
> 
> Z






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