Toshiba laptop

[Ken Moffat]

Kurt Wall wrote:

>On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 04:27:43PM -0700, Ken Moffat took 26 lines to write:
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>>Seeking opinions for linux usage:
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>>I see a very cheap Toshiba Satellite A85-S107
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>>15" screen
>>Celeron M 1.4ghz
>>256megs mem (upgradeable)
>>40gig HD
>>DVD/CD-RW combo drive
>>Atheros 802.11b/g/wireless
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>Make sure it's supported.
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>>10/100 port
>>modem
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>Software-only, I presume?
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yes, I assume so.

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>>3 USB ports
>>ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP graphics.
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>Using RAM instead of VRAM? I'd avoid it.
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Yes, 64meg configurable up to 128, but it does use ram.


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>>Seems pretty minimal; Just wondering if this is worth $500 after
>>rebates, and if it might work with linux.
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>What does the Linux laptops site have to say about it?
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>Kurt
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Will check linux laptops right now.

thanks all.

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ken