buying a laptop

Subject: buying a laptop
From: Peter Q. Olsson (olsson@koyukuk.at.uaa.alaska.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 15:56:48 AKST

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Hello all-

I am thinking of buying a new laptop to replace an aging model. At work I have a
Dell Inspiron 8000 dual boot setup. Great video and all that, but 1) a little
heavy, and 2) it came with an onboard "win" modem that I have never been able to
get to work. ( $#%^* win stuff!)

Any suggestions out there on laptops that are easy to load linux onto and do not
have "win" problems? I would like to hear from happy linux laptop owners.

PQO

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