2009/12/9 Daniel Dalton <d.dal...@iinet.net.au>: > Hi, > > Following is a list of laptops. I've narrowed it down to 3 and am > considering buying one and running debian on it. How good is debian > support on these machines? What is good, what is worth avoiding? > I will be doing: > programming, typing, msn, irc, web, email, music, virtual machines etc. > > Here is the list: > > 1. Acer travel mate 6293 AU$1799 > 2. hp Compaq 6530S AU$1279 > 3. hp Compaq 610 AU$999 > > Thanks for your help. > > Cheers, > Dan > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAksfoIUACgkQQCYsNYjKJVAzogCcCPqIxsGvVYYpVAyqzEmprN2j > cnwAnAiw2ihwYNvm1+wwLu4WCCJ2mQL9 > =nUel > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
Hi Dan, If you after an Acer can I suggest the Acer Aspirer Timeline 4810T. I have mine running on Debian Lenny without a lot of dramas, I have put together a wiki page[1] about it. Regards Dale [1] http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Acer/Aspire_Timeline_4810T -- [WWW] http://quail.southernvaleslug.org/ "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them" - Albert Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org