[KLUG Members] Opinions on a laptop, please?

[Robert G. Brown]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:12:49 -0500, Bruce Smith <bruce at armintl.com> wrote:

>> Now, *I* will not drop *MY* laptop [:-)], but I don't want my good friend
>> and client to come back to me desperate to get back critical information
>> (yes, we all preach the backup message, but do users practice that? Where?)
>> when (not if) the HDD is past tense....

>Backing up laptops:a....
HUA!
Get a user to do it...

>Can we get back to the original question, the model of Compaq you were
>asking about?  Can you be more specific on what you want to know?  
Opinions about it or the current Compaq family.
Do people lke these, hate 'em, and why?

>Are you shopping for a laptop and just saw a good sale on that model?
My customer spotted a good sale on this model. I am in the market for a
laptop, and he might buy two if I like it for my purposes, which are a
bit different (surprise!) than his.

>i.e.  Are you really asking for a recommendation on a good Linux
>compatible laptop to buy, if so what are your criteria?
I'd like to know that too, in general, but that's a different thread. 
We need to make an up/down choice on this in the next 24 hours.

Right now, I'm leaning in favor of reccomending it to him, but I'm not
nearly convinced this is a machine I want to buy.  I did go to a store
and type on it for a while, and the keyboard, while not perfect, does
npt suck. Thedisplay is readable, and it has a number of nice features,
including reading a lot of memory card formats, a niceform factor and
a readable screen. I would try a live CD distro in it before I decided 
to get one for myself.

>Or do you (or a client) already own that model and you want more
>information about getting Linux to run on it?
Nah, I would have said so at first.

>If so what specific problem(s) are you having with Linux on that laptop?
Store staff will probably balk at some dude coming in with his own OS
to try it! :)
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