Acer Aspire AS7540-1408 a decent fedora (13) laptop?

Rares Aioanei fedora.listen at gmail.com
Sun Apr 25 15:15:10 UTC 2010


On 04/25/2010 06:01 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>    i am once again in the market for a newer fedora laptop, and this
> one seems like a decent bargain (open box discount):
>
> http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6051933&CatId=4965
>
>    mostly i'm paying a few extra bucks for the 1600x900 display, but
> does anyone see any fatal flaws in this system from a fedora
> perspective?
>
>    minimally, i want:
>
>    * 64-bit processor with H/W virt support
>    * at least 3GB RAM (4 would have been better but, eh ...)
>    * HDMI port
>    * 802.11 b/g/n
>
> so this *seems* to fit the bill -- does anyone see any show-stoppers?
> thanks.
>
> rday
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 From what I've seen, it's ok, except the fact that I didn't gather what 
brand/type the wi-fi card is; also,
you should be up-to-date with the Radeon-Linux interaction; of course, 
Google will help.


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