<BODY><P>I have an ACER 53xx series and although i dont have FC6 on it (Xandros 4 and Mandriva 2k7) I can say that I have been VERY happy w/ the pc, and the price.</P>
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<P><BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: John Bowden <john.bowden43@blueyonder.co.uk> <BR>Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:46 am <BR>Subject: Re: Laptop recomendations <BR>To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@redhat.com> <BR><BR>> <BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: "alan" <alan@clueserver.org> <BR>> To: "For users of Fedora" <fedora-list@redhat.com> <BR>> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 4:14 PM <BR>> Subject: Re: Laptop recomendations <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > On Mon, 12 Mar 2007, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote: <BR>> > <BR>> >> On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 16:17 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: <BR>> >>> Also, know that Dell provides NO HELP to the linux community, in <BR>> >>> contrast to HP. At least, as far as PDA's go. I'm sorry that I <BR>> >>> purchased a x50v and swore that it would be the last of my Dell <BR>
> >>> hardware. But I was stupid and gave them my money for this <BR>> lappy. I'd <BR>> >>> suggest pressuring Dell by NOT buying their equipment. <BR>> >> <BR>> >> I have a Dell Latitude D800. It works quite well, except for a few <BR>> >> buttons. But, then I don't need them anyway, so no loss. The only <BR>> >> thing I don't like is the 1920x1200 res LCD. I thought it <BR>> would be <BR>> >> nice, but the resolution is too high for the 15.4" LCD. <BR>> > <BR>> > I have a 1920x1200 display on my HP. Its main purpose is to <BR>> make people <BR>> > drool. I actually like having the resolution that tiny. I just <BR>> wish that <BR>> > they would have put more video ram in ti. As for the buttons, <BR>> there is a <BR>> > mapping utility in X that I used to map them to applications in <BR>> Gnome. <BR>
> > Worked pretty well. (Still don't use them, but I could map them.) <BR>> > <BR>> >> Though my Dell laptop experience has been good, I'm going to be <BR>> getting>> a business grade HP or Lenovo laptop next time. I'm <BR>> leaning heavily <BR>> >> towards HP at the moment. <BR>> > <BR>> > The thing that convinced me to buy an HP was their 3 year <BR>> warrenty. They <BR>> > will fix any damage to the laptop during that period. I have <BR>> had to use <BR>> > it only twice, but it was well worth it. (Once for a dead power <BR>> brick. <BR>> > Once when I got the PCMCIA ejector button caught on my laptop <BR>> bag and <BR>> > ripped it out.) I would recommend buying an extra hard drive as <BR>> well. HP <BR>> > will reformat and reinstall Windows on your machine every time <BR>> it goes in <BR>> > for warrenty. (And not even an updated and patched copy, but <BR>
> the original <BR>> > disk image!) <BR>> > <BR>> > As for device support... I have gotten pretty much everything <BR>> working on <BR>> > my HP. The Winmodem is an unknown, since I do not use it. (As <BR>> well as <BR>> > having a very good PCMCIA modem back when they made such <BR>> things.) There <BR>> > is also a memory adapter that I just need firmware for. Of <BR>> course, I <BR>> > bought it two and a half years ago, so it has had time for the <BR>> drivers to <BR>> > catch up with it... <BR>> > <BR>> > -- <BR>> > "Invoking the supernatural can explain anything, and hence <BR>> explains <BR>> > nothing." <BR>> > - University of Utah bioengineering professor <BR>> Gregory <BR>> > Clark <BR>> > <BR>> > -- <BR>> > fedora-list mailing list <BR>> > fedora-list@redhat.com <BR>
> > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> >From what peole are telling me on and off list, I will give Dell <BR>> a miss. <BR>> Still not shure about the Lenovo build quality, so the choice <BR>> seems to be HP <BR>> or Acer. Thanks for the advice and keep it comming as I will make <BR>> my final <BR>> decision tomorrow. The second hard drive tip is handy to know as I <BR>> should <BR>> think that most of the manufactures do somthing similar <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> fedora-list mailing list <BR>> fedora-list@redhat.com <BR>> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list <BR>> </P></BODY>