Forgot to mention, it comes with a blank hard disk :) On Tue, 2001-12-11 at 21:46, Mike Hicks wrote: > "Dan Churchill" <churchid at visi.com> wrote: > > > > It's an ASUS L8400 PIII 1.0 GHz, 384 MB RAM, 30gig HD, etc. Don't know how > > Linux-friendly it is, but the advertised prices are 1999.99 with WinME, and > > 1899.99 with no OS. > > I've done a bit of searching for good laptops.. As much as I want to get > Linux pre-installed, or no OS on it, I think I'll have to give and get > Windows -- otherwise my pocketbook will never forgive me. And, well, I > also have to get Microsoft Works or MS Office, plus an Internet service > plan, which I don't understand. > > I really want a big display, so I've been taking a look at Dell's Inspiron > 4100 with Ultra XGA (1600x1200). Except for the display, you can get a > very similar system to the above for the same or less money (okay, I'm > probably going to buy the box with 128MB of RAM, then buy 512MB from > somewhere else -- one thing that Dell heavily overcharges on..) > > A configuration I figured was decent turned out to be about $1700. I > guess I'm being cheap on the warranty though (1 year instead of 3), and > might change that.. >