[OT] Recommendation for ThinkPad

[Travis Fraser]

On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 11:05 -0500, Kevin Kempter wrote:
> ----  <jlee at pbu.edu> wrote: > > Travis Fraser wrote: > > Hi all, > > >
>  > I have been needing a new laptop, and the ThinkPads seem to have
>  good > > Linux support. I am leaning toward a T42 with the ATI radeon
>  graphics > > card. Does anybody know of things that will/won't work on
>  the T42? > > http://www.google.com/search?q=fc4+t42 > > gives: > >
>  http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc4_setup.shtml >
>  http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/klee/nix/thinkpad-t42/ >
>  http://statgen.ncsu.edu/~jdstarme/fc4_xp_on_t42.txt > > and many more
>  pages describing user experiences with FC4 and a T42. > > Jay > -- >
>  Jay Lee > Network / Systems Administrator > Information Technology
>  Dept. > Philadelphia Biblical University > -- > > -- > fedora-list
>  mailing list > fedora-list at redhat.com > To unsubscribe:
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> 
> I haven't used a thinkpad in years. However I would highly recommend
>  the Sony Vaio VGN-S260. I have FC3 running on it currently and all the
>  HW works except for the built-in memory stick reader. The centrino
>  wireless works great with the ipw2200 package and the machine runs
>  extremely well. I have it loaded up with Informix, Postgresql and a
>  lot of data (>10Gig) with no issues so far. I also run open office,
>  data architect, and most of the out of the box software.
> 
Thanks for the suggestion of the Sony Vaio. They do make some
nice-looking laptops.
-- 
Travis Fraser <travis at snowpatch.net>