Mandrake 9.2 laptops (?)

[Madison Kelly]

My concern with Dell stems from worse than usual hardware. In fact, 
coincidentally today I had to work on a Dell Inspiron 2500 with a bad 
CD-ROM. I've just seen so many Dells fail, and a lot overheat or run 
very hot. The old adage applies; you get what you pay for I guess.

Madison

Marc Lijour (Professeur d'Informatique) wrote:
> I have a DELL Inspiron 2500, and everything is working fine with Mandrake 9.2.
> combo ethernet-modem (win-modem but works), touchpad from synaptics (works at 
> the same time as the mouse), i815 chip for the video and ACPI.
> 
> The only trouble is MS software that come bundled in a DELL CD. Once I tried 
> to install vmware and get my paid ($$$) MS windows installed in the VM, but 
> the CD won't boot in it (checks for the laptop BIOS). Bottom line, windows 
> works but not in vmware.
> 
> The advantage seems to be the price of the laptop, plus it's working.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> Marc
> 
> 
> Le Mardi 21 Octobre 2003 23:28, Elliott Chapin a écrit :
> 
>>I'm planning to buy a laptop soon. Windows will be on it, but Linux too.
>>What current laptops have TLUGers used to run Mandrake 9.2? Any related
>>remarks appreciated. Any brands to stay away from? I'm new to the world of
>>laptops and find the market pretty confusing.
>>
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