[plug] Notebooks and Knoppix

[Mike Holland]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Andrew Furey wrote:

> I'm in the market for a new notebook (in the next 6
> weeks or so) in the <$3k price range (maybe up to

You should be able to get those spec's under $2k.

e.g. the Compaq Presario 2548 + wifi card.

> Celeron/P4 (not AMD, too hot for my lap...)

They get hot too. A P3 centrino will be cooler, and fill your budget too.

> Serial port (this was originally in the requirements

You mean ye olde RS-232, not USB? HP/Compaq and others still have these.

> 512M RAM (or as an upgrade, probably not a problem

Yes, upgrade is dirt cheap. A 256k model shoudl have a spare slot.

> Builtin wireless

A lot of those, e.g. centrino, are not supported in Linux. If you get
one with built-in antenna, techtopia.com.au is selling a good, cheap
mini-PCI card.

> with any model)
> >= 30Gb HDD (20 is a little cramped on my current
> system - again, maybe an upgrade option)

Go for 40GB, if you have the choice. Its expensive to upgrade later.