The HP is actually my roomies machine. I'll see if I can coerce him into going to meeting sometime. Actually, Microcenter had one last time I was in there. I don't particularly like any of HP's products except for the Omnibook 500. Even their other notebooks seem like they suck. They must have paid someone to make the 500 for them as it's tons better than their other stuff. I used to have an IBM, and while it was a nice machine, it felt really bulky, even though it wasn't. IBM does seem to have some nice slim ones out lately though, I haven't seen pricing on them though. You can pick up an omnibook for as low as $700 on ebay for the celeron 600 model, or as cheap as $1000 or so new. They go up to about $2500 though if you get the one with the integrated NIC, docking bay, 8MB video ram, etc... I have a sony laptop now, and it feels flimsy, and it's got that damn trackpad thing. I like the little nub in the middle of the keyboard like toshibas, some ibm's, and the HP 500. Plus, sony uses that neomagic video/sound chipset that shares the same memory and it can be a pain in the ass with linux. Jay -----Original Message----- From: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom [mailto:chrome at real-time.com] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 7:23 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Laptop for Linux? > All I have to say is that the HP Omnibook 500 is probably the sweetest > little laptop I've ever used. Runs linux great, it's small, sturdy, and has > blue LED's. What more could you want? :) bring it to a TCLUG meeting sometime. :) I'm interested in taking a look at it. I personally like the look & feel of IBMs. I also think they're one of the more durable brands. (based on my experiences with field computers at the Dairy Herd Improvement Association. YMMV.) others will of course have differing opinions. to each their own. :) Carl Soderstrom -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises (952) 943-8700 _______________________________________________ tclug-list mailing list tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list