Acer Notebook

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

At 09:47 AM 14/09/2003, Jay wrote:
>I am thinking about buying an Acer Notebook (Aspire 1304XC) for my 
>wife.  I don't know if I will install Linux right away, but I want to have 
>the option available.  That brings me to two questions:
>1) Does anyone have warnings, experience, input or opinions about this 
>model or Acer notebooks in general?
>2) Does anyone have experience or input on Linux on Acer notebooks?
>Looking to get it this week unless I get some reasons not to.

Hi,

If you are buying this from a place where you can actually see and touch 
the computer, take along a Knoppix CD and see how it works. Knoppix is very 
good at autodetecting hardware so it should give you an idea of how viable 
that machine is for running Linux. Potential trouble spots are Winmodems 
and some soft NICs but those can be addressed by installing a supported PC 
Card NIC and modem.

Regards,


Clifford Ilkay
Dinamis Corporation
3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4N 3P6

Tel: 416-410-3326

mailto:clifford_ilkay-biY6FKoJMRdBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org 

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