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hello, |
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Well, there are lots of local sales on laptops. |
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It's been a few years and much has changed (that I'm not up on |
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with boot CDs). Naturally, I'd like gentoo/kde on a boot |
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cd, but then there are different images for AMD and intel arches. |
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So my questions are, is there just one CD I need to burn |
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that will allow me to boot up any and all AMD/Intel architecture |
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machines into a graphical interface (kde preferred?). Or do |
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I need to burn several discs and if so which ones. You really never |
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know what a given store will have in inventory.... |
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2. (heresy I know) are there better linux CDs to use to test |
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the wide variety of machines for speed, graphics, drive |
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and chipsets? Knoppix has been good in the past....? |
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3. OK, here is my list of things to look at the ensure the |
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machine is what I want (hardware wise). lshw and lspci. Any others? |
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Any wireless chipsets that are to be avoided with Linux? |
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Poor driver support? |
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4. Some reasonable graphics benchmark, either one that is part |
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of the CD or put it on a usb stick or how to get onto the |
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system in a store? Any quick method to ensure it's 1920 x 1280 |
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(1080p) or better resolution on the LCD screen? |
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5. Any other suggestions as to evaluating a laptop in a store, |
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before purchase? |
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6. Anyone make a really cool laptop purchase recently? |
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(target range 500-800 usd). I like dell, but hard to find |
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a bargain.... Toshiba? |
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Toshiba Satellite® L555D-S7005 17.3" Widescreen Notebook Computer With AMD |
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Turion™ II Dual-Core Processor M520, ATI Radeon 4200 (I prefer AMD/ATI) |
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$500 USD at office depot..... |
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James |
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