I need a new laptop

[Bukowski]

post what u get.

I'm gonna need to get a new laptop soon.

Might just get one from these guys:

http://www.emperorlinux.com/

Probably one of the lenovo ones. I think Dell had one with an nvidia vid card w/linux, but they d/c it.

I need to get a pcmcia data card too, since I moved out of the city and think i'll take the train.

edit: cool, i see they put the EVDO (cell data card) inside the laptop if u order it that way.

Actually Kaiser I don't think ya can beat the price on this one for all ya get.
http://www.powernotebooks.com/configure.php?special=471

Ya get a 8600GT w/512 MB ram vid card, it doesn't come with a OS but what the fuck do you care?
I'm lookin at that one or the 17", but the one for $1083 is a lot of laptop for the price imo.

[KMS]

That looks pretty good, but r u sure that everything would be supported in Linux? Linux on laptops can be a pain, since the parts are often not common enuff for someone to reverse-engineer it, and/or they don't release any specs.

The other thing is, I don't want it to be too heavy, since I'll be lugging it around a lot walking.

I'd love to sit down and tinker and get stuff working in Linux, but I just can't afford to do that these days.

Let me know if you come across a good laptop w/nvidia that is fairly light (under 4 lbs).

BTW, I just got a Tivo HD a few weeks ago. Been looking into hacking it, but it's more complicated to hack then my last one. I hope you have a DVR or something if ur ass is planted in bed or a couch ATM.

[Bukowski]

I don't have a TVO anymore since the first gen one I had died. I had the DVR from Comcast but i found I really didn't use it much, in fact I don't even have cable TV anymore cus I don't watch much TV, so I just pay Comcast for internet now and I hacked the TV part of it by going up on the pole in my back yard and removing the filter .
So for TV recording i have a old 1.8 GHZ Athlon box I built with spare parts and a ATI All in Wonder 9600pro, it does a good job recording and its fast enough to record directly to Divx, and its not a bad gaming box either.
But I have yet to get the AIW to ever work with Linux, I read some people have got it to work but its not worth my trouble, I just installed win 2k in it and it flies along nicely.

[KMS]

ATI/AMD just came out with a new ATI driver for linux. And they've recently released much of the source code and specs for their vid cards/drivers.

I used to have a MythTV box that could push/pull vid from the Tivo box. Last night, Tivo updated my box so that I can use TivoToGo and transfer shows btwn tivo boxes.

[DarkSpoon]

that driver doesnt span back to the 9600 series though does it? i thought it was for the x series and up.

[Bukowski]

I can get the ATI 3d working in Linux with Ultimate Ubuntu, it installs everything for you.
But I could never capture video with the chipset in the AIW with Linux, I gave up trying since it works fine in win 2k.

[DarkSpoon]

i hear the new driver is amazing though.

[Bukowski]

Well then its about time ATI caught up to Nvidia with driver support with Linux, cus they have dragged their feet for years, in fact I'm not a fan of ATI's Windows driver support either.

[DarkSpoon]

yeah, AMD is looking to fix all that. its pretty cool

[Bukowski]

I'm gonna order this one today, I only upgraded the CPU to the 2.2 cus it has the 4MB cache, I was gonna go with the 17" but ffs its just to big to haul around.

https://www.powernotebooks.com/specs.../2090specs.php

Its $1,172 with shipping, not bad imo.