[CLUE-Talk] Laptop Solution

[Dave Price]

On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 12:01:58PM -0700, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
> Second, the salesperson was pretty rude when I told them
> I wasn't interested in their warranty. I might have been,
> but to get a three-year warranty for the laptop AND screen,
> it was more than $300 -- that's an f---ing ripoff. Odds are,
> I'd never use the warranty, and I shouldn't have to pay almost
> a third of the price of the item to get a decent warranty.
> 
Dell does 3 years on even their refurb'd laptops for $100 - on-site.

> All in all, it was a decent deal, and I'm looking forward to
> finding a Linux compatible wireless card so I can enjoy
> portability...

I have been happy with my netgear MA401 cards - they are directly
detected and supported under mandrake 9 and knoppix/debian.

Enjoy your new toy.

aloha,
dave