[Nottingham] laptop for linux - suggestions

[Alex Tibbles]

> I have some money to spend on a laptop computer
> (about 1 grand), and of course I want to run our
> favourite OS on it instead of that glass thingy
> (grin).
> 
> Any suggestions as to appropriate make/model would
> be appreciated.
My IBM Thinkpad R31 (630UKP from dabs) runs debian
fine. I don't have the modem working though I've read
that it can. I've also never used infra-red, though,
again, I'm lead to believe that it can. Someone else
mentioned the R40e for 600UKP from Insight which
sounds good. They have a used R31 under blow-outs -
check the warranty, though.
Anyway, if you don't need near-desktop-level
performance, I recommend these bottom-of-the-range
laptops. They are built well and with the money you
save you can afford to replace pretty quickly.

alex

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