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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Also take a look at www.Quantex.com. They use the same laptop that Dell bases it's Inspiron line off of, but at *much* better prices (I think it's the "T-Series" models). We had both here in the office some time back and except for the boot-up screen (with Dell logo) you couldn't tell them apart. A very good alternative to Dell, and cheaper as well!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Gregory L. Camp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Gregory.Camp@osc.com</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: MadHat [<A HREF="mailto:madhat@unspecific.com">mailto:madhat@unspecific.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 8:19 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: discuss@ntlug.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Notebook Suggestions</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Glendon Shaw wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I use a Dell Inspiron 7000. I run SuSE 6.2 on the machine with no problems.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Dell even has a support page that tells you the hardware used in their</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> laptops for easy driver search. It has a generous screen size, I believe it</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> is still the largest on the market.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>If you like lugging around a 9+lb beast... I have the same and do not</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>recomend if you want something really managable. The thing is huge... </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>It has all the bells and whistles, like DVD, good Vid, 15" LCD, CD and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Floppy at the same time while the Bat is in (which is nice), but it</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>weighs 9 lbs... and I have had lots of problems with the switch for the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>LCD going out. I have had to send it in 2 times to get fixed in the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>past 9mo. Not to mention they only offer up to 400MHz right now and the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>one I have is a 366 Celeron (I was told it wasn't) and I can tell it has</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>limited . I have 256M in mine, and it just doesn't seem enough, but I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>am sure it is how I havve it set up.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>It is a good computer, just heavy/bulky. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I would recomend against the IBM StinkPads, um, I mean ThinkPads. I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>have onf of those here as well, and they just don't seem to hold up very</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>well, that and I personally don't like the nipple. I prefer the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>touchpad, but I really love the rollerball on the old dells. I have a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Dell Latitude XP, that is an old 486 DX4 75MHz with 40M of RAM and it</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>works great, but I can't run X on it (or choose not to because of the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>display).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>For the price, I like the smaller Dells, like the Inspiron 3K series, or</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the Latitudes which have better components, but cost more. I also have</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>an Inspiron 3200 that works quite well.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>If I could have any notebook right now, it would probably be a new PPC</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>G3 notebook. Good weight and good options. Battery lasts 4+ hours. No</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Win* specific parts, like modems. 500MHz. My neighbor has one and it</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>looks really sweet. The only real problem is how much hasn't been</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>ported to the PPC platform.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Just my $.02</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-- </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>MadHat at unspecific.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> "The 3 great virtues of a programmer:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris."</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> --Larry Wall</FONT>
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