| Weblog: | Good-bye Powerbook G4, Hello Dell 700m + iPod Nano | |
| Subject: | You'll be very happy with that laptop... | |
| Date: | 2005-09-14 19:04:22 | |
| From: | jmjones | |
| ...but not the OS. :-) But since you need to test stuff for work, I guess you get a pass. :-) I've been running Ubuntu Hoary on my Dell Inspiron 9300 (which has some of the same components as your 700m) and have been extremely pleased. Mine only has 512MB RAM and a 1.6GHz CPU, but it does really well. I suppose you'll have less driver trouble, too, if you are running Windows. The ipw2200 driver for Linux has had issues. I don't see where you specify the video card, but the ATI X300 mobility proprietary drivers could use some work. You will be very happy with that setup. | ||
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You'll be very happy with that laptop...
2005-09-14 20:48:37 Nitesh Dhanjani |
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You'll be very happy with that laptop...
2005-09-14 19:55:27 Robert Daeley |
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I installed Ubuntu Hoary on an oldish iBook, mostly just to see how well it would run. Enjoyed the experience*, but I ran into Airport card problems. Once those are worked out, I could see myself on an Intel Powerbook running Linux some day. Which, frankly, is surreal to say. :)
* http://www.celsius1414.com/ubuntu_linux/
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From 1996 to 2003, I used Linux on my primary laptop. After that, I switched to OSX. I got a Latitude for my wife a year ago, and it runs Microsoft XP. I have had to use it frequently, and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed with the stability of XP. I would never again use Linux on my primary latpop - I don't agree that it is ready for the desktop. For example, I don't want to have to patch my kernel to make my laptop suspend to disk. I don't want to have to mess with countless configuration files to make my video card work. I don't want to have to compile kernel modules to get my wireless card working. I really don't have the patience for all this anymore :-( You could say that OSX has spoilt me. For now, I plan on going with XP - coupled with Cygwin, I think I should be able to get my work done, and I will be able to use iTunes natively :-) Besides, I also want to develop some tools using Visual Studio .NET - other IDEs don't seem to impress me (so far).