[Cialug] dell laptops

[David Champion]

This one is pretty nicely equipped:
Vostro 1500 - $599
	Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor
	Genuine Windows XP Home Edition or Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic
	2GB memory*
	120GB* hard drive
	CD/DVD burner
	128MB NVIDIA® graphics card*


I don't think they'd give you a lot of problems linux driver-wise. The 
one thing I'd see if you could customize would be the wifi card - switch 
to the Intel card that has a native linux driver, instead of the 
Dell/Broadcom chip that you'd have to use ndiswrapper for.

If you're wanting a slick looking laptop, the Vostro isn't it. They look 
like a square black chunk. They also have the Latitude D531 for $649. 
IMHO the current Latitude line is pretty sharp looking.

-dc

Dave Weis wrote:
>
> There's a 2 day special on laptops probably containing lots of "driver 
> challenges" for $399-$649. The least expensive one is
> Vostro™ 1000
>     AMD Sempron™ processor
>     Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition or Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic
>     1GB memory*
>     120GB* hard drive
>     CD/DVD burner
>     1-Year Limited Warranty* with Mail-In Service
>
> If anyone wants the url let me know, it's nothing through my company, 
> just one of the mailing lists.
>
> dave
>
>
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