[LBo] Laptop for Linux - Gazelle Value

[Allen]

Hi Anita,

The Gazelle is a good bet, but (I'll put on my flame retardant 
suit now) a better bet is actually the 13" Mac with 2 gig of ram, 
a 120 gig drive and then set it up for dual boot. If you are a 
real bear for multiboot, then get the 200 gig drive and make it a 
triple boot, Mac, Linux, and XP. A number of tutorials are out 
and about triple booting Macs.

For us security types it makes sense, but the odd thing is you 
get very funny looks from businesses you consult with if you 
bring out a Mac. They think you aren't serious. Then their eyes 
open pretty wide when you boot Windoze!

Allen

Anita Lewis wrote:
> I'm thinking about getting another laptop. The one I have is an old one
> Compaq Armada E500, that is heavy with broken USB and I never really
> travel with it.  I found the Gazelle which comes with Ubuntu installed.
>  What do you hardware folks think of this as far as good for the money?
> 
> http://system76.com/product_info.php/cPath/1/products_id/193
> 
> I'm thinking of getting it with the $189 upgrade for the 1.66GHz Core
> Duo.  I don't even know what a Core Duo is, but I think I read that it
> is energy efficient.  I don't care about out of sight graphics.
> 
> This review makes me like this company.
> http://www.laptopical.com/linux-gazelle.html
> 
> Any input?
> 
> Anita
> 
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