Re: Hardware advice needed

2002-01-03 Thread Ray
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 08:53:02AM +1000, Penguin wrote: > Hello all, > > I would like to buy some new hardware so I can get rid of my stupid RedHat > bloatware with its buggy latest betas and alphas and get Potato 2.2r4 on my > box here. If your hardware works with RH then it should work with

Re: Hardware advice needed

2002-01-02 Thread Matthew Dalton
Penguin wrote: > Potato fails to recognise my video card and I am lost and confused about my > modem, since I can't get the packages with my Internet connection (not one of > them) because when I specify HTTP or FTP as a source for packages, it fails > to dial my ISP. Also, once I had setup wvdial,

Re: Hardware advice needed

2002-01-02 Thread dman
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 08:53:02AM +1000, Penguin wrote: | Hello all, | | I would like to buy some new hardware so I can get rid of my stupid RedHat | bloatware with its buggy latest betas and alphas and get Potato 2.2r4 on my | box here. | | The problems I have so far is: video card (I have an

Hardware advice needed

2002-01-02 Thread Penguin
Hello all, I would like to buy some new hardware so I can get rid of my stupid RedHat bloatware with its buggy latest betas and alphas and get Potato 2.2r4 on my box here. The problems I have so far is: video card (I have an NVIDIA GeForce II MX400 AGP card 64MB), modem (I have an external Net

Re: OFF-TOPIC: hardware advice needed.

1999-08-18 Thread Steve Stancliff
I have an Acer Extensa 390, and I would not buy another Acer laptop. Acer has very good repair service, very fast and friendly. But how did I find that out? The unit needed repairs! I went through a keyboard, CDROM drive and battery under warranty. Post-warranty, the case has started falling apa

Re: OFF-TOPIC: hardware advice needed.

1999-08-15 Thread John Foster
Hans van den Boogert wrote: > > Next week I'm going to buy a notebook (Acer Travelmate 510 series). If you > could choose, what would you rather buy > > 1) configuration with a Celeron 366, > 2) configuration with a Pentium II 333. > > The price difference is about US$155, for which I could.

Re: OFF-TOPIC: hardware advice needed.

1999-08-15 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
I agree about getting more ram. 96 or 128 would be nice but it might shorten your battery a tad. Cel 366 and PII 333 shouldn't be much diffrence for general use, unless you need that 256K (not sure) on-die cache on PII. BTW, I'm interested in Acer Travelmate 300 series. They look nice. Chanop

Re: OFF-TOPIC: hardware advice needed.

1999-08-15 Thread Sean
Go for the cheapest option, definately (I'm assuming that's the Celeron-option). And get as much RAM as possible. Just my 2c. Sean Hans van den Boogert wrote: > Next week I'm going to buy a notebook (Acer Travelmate 510 series). If you > could choose, what would you rather buy > > 1) confi

OFF-TOPIC: hardware advice needed.

1999-08-15 Thread Hans van den Boogert
Next week I'm going to buy a notebook (Acer Travelmate 510 series). If you could choose, what would you rather buy 1) configuration with a Celeron 366, 2) configuration with a Pentium II 333. The price difference is about US$155, for which I could - upgrade from 32 to 64 MB RAM - get mod