Re: [gentoo-laptop] Laptop Advise

[maillists <lists@gmnet.net>]

Thanks!

My budget is very low (under $800.) I have more time than money! I guess
I would like to know if there is any laptop that I should stay away
from.  

I would really like to convert my existing laptops (mac powerbook pezzo,
and ibook clamshell) Otherwise I would look around for a used dell, IBM,
sony, or whatever.

One thing I am looking for is if the hardware on the powerbook pezzo is
supported (firewire, dvdrom drive, duel batteries, usb, airport card,
additional display, modem, networking and sound)

I am very interested in using my powerbook for editing video/audio.
Right now I have MacOS 9. with Final Cut Pro.
I have not upgraded to OSX because I would have to update my Final Cut
Pro and adobe stuff too. I would rather set up some kind of "video for
linux" solution instead. All my desktops in my office are Gentoo, so I
would like to be consistent with my laptop.

Thanks again!
Rick



On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 18:51 +0000, Truong NINH wrote:
> What is your budget?
> Iam using Averatec 6240 and more than happy with it. Everything is
> working like charm, all driver supported with Linux.
> 
> On 11/17/05, michael@michaelshiloh.com <michael@michaelshiloh.com>
> wrote:
>         As a very gross rule, I've been happy with Dell and Thinkpads,
>         and been
>         unhappy with Vaio. My own experience is supported by comments
>         from
>         friends and what I've read on the web.
>         
>         Now that I've said this, I'm sure someone will respond with
>         exactly the 
>         opposite. But I'm very interested in the answers.
>         
>         Michael
>         
>         
>         On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, maillists wrote:
>         
>         > Hi,
>         >
>         > I am looking for a good choice of laptops to use with
>         Gentoo.
>         >
>         > I would like to use my pre-titanium  firewire powerbook
>         500mhz G3
>         > (pezzo) Also I have a G3 ibook (clamshell) that I would like
>         to convert.
>         >
>         > Does anybody have experience with these models?
>         > Does anybody know of any laptops to avoid with Gentoo? 
>         >
>         > Thanks
>         > Rick
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