I was planning to buy a laptop and just wondering of what could be the best "brand" for me, which could be of best use when I wish to dual boot Linux with that of windoze.
I will be using the portable mostly for work purposes and for graphics manipulation. (It should still connect with LAN)
Im still budget conscious for now and I wish to buy myself an Intel P4 processor.
Will the Toshiba Satellite 1100 series be the one im looking for? Kindly help me out with this


Your's Truly;
Ian Ace

Not sure about toshiba but in general here are some things to consider

networking should be ok

IDE harddrive, cdrom, dvd, cdwriter, floppy should be no problem.

Printer, IR, usb, and com ports should be ok

mousepads, sticks, and track balls are ps/2, and very well supported

built in modem will probably not work, you may need a pccard modem

look here

http://www.linmodems.org/


normal video should not be a problem, 3D depends on the card support, check at XFree86.org for supported cards

r128 works good on my Dell laptop

Docking should work. I have seen no problems with external video

Most pccards will work

look here before buying one

http://www.linux-laptop.net/

You should also install hotswap. and maybe powerswitch.o if you want it

I would like to ask if the Compaq Presario 1505TC handle what I really need?

Thanks

I'm currently using a Stinkpad A30 so here's the skinny on my experience.

The modem support is pre-alpha so I'm using an old 56K IBM pcmcia modem. Bummer.

I've been farting around with ACPI and the only thing to totally stonewall me is the ospm_battery support.

The Radeon in Xwindows is real purty.

Still messing with the extra buttons...

Buy a desknote! Fast and cool and cheap.

Just that there is no battery so you need a power socket wherever you go.

I use an IBM T20 and everything seems to be supported, except the modem - it's a 3com winmodem. The t20, t21, t22 and t23 are all very well supported. Just make sure it uses a Lucent winmodem. By the way I bought an internal lucent winmodem ripped off an IBM t20 from ebay and it works great.

Good Luck

You said that you want to use the machine for graphical manipulation. I would suggest that you look at the newest mobile card you can find. I am using an IBM T21 which works great for the apps I am using but the 8 Mb card chokes on any heavy duty graphics.

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I have been using 5 panasonic touoghbooks for 3.5 years..they are the cf-48 P4 w/768mb ram 80gb HD's.all dual boot boxes..Win.XP /Ubuntu;;;LinuxMint/ubuntu;;; DSL/pclinuxos all run great....