Subj : Re: HP ze4805us Notebook Hardware Questions
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Benway
Date : Tue Jul 13 2004 11:40 am

On 12 Jul 2004 13:42:48 -0700, solo88@truevine.net (neo88) wrote:

>Hi guys
>I am not a newcomer to Linux, but I am a first-time laptop buyer. I
>will probably be purchasing the HP Pavilion ze4805us Notebook. It
>sports a AMD Athlon XP-M processor, at 2.133 Ghz, and a ATI Mobility
>Pro Graphics card (64 MB shared). I just wanted to know if that sounds
>ok to run Linux on. Haven't decided which distro yet. I currently run
>Mandrake 9.x on my Desktop. The HP laptop offers ATI, who's drivers
>are open source, which is a must for me, and I'm a big fan of AMD.
>However, I also wondered if Linux would be able to run well off of an
>XP-M processer?
>Are there better laptop solutions out there? I hear that Laptops and
>Linux can be a bit of a sticky issue.... BTW, the retailers don't make
>it easy for you either, you HAVE to buy the computer with Windows on
>it!!!!!! Argh, what is the world coming to??????? :( Oh well. :)
>
>May the Source be with you.
>neo88 (Philip Haddad)


I remember a couple of years ago that if you bought a new PC and it
comes with Windows pre-installed  you were able to claim the cost
of windows back from microsoft if you didn't want it. It is worth
checking this out.
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Benway
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