[ltp] Re: New user with question

Dirk Husemann linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
09 Oct 2001 09:51:15 +0200


>>>>> "TA" == Tom Allison <tallison1@twmi.rr.com> writes:

    TA> On Sunday 07 October 2001 00:24, you wrote:
    >> Greetings,
    >> So next I went to IBM.  I learned that they sell both
    >> the T and A series with Linux.  However, once I got done pricing
    >> one out, I found that IBM lived up to its expenive reputation.
    >> By the time I got done it was about 2500.  The computer is
    >> the ThinkPad a22m with a pIII 1GHz with 256MB RAM and a Zip
    >> Drive addition.  I only saw non-parity RAM, which was also
    >> interesting.  On a laptop I would probably install Red Hat
    >> because that is what we use at the office.

Got a TP A22m a month ago, works like a charm. Make sure you order the
variant with the Intel mini-PCI in it, there are two versions of the
A22m, one's got the 3Com mini-PCI (which I'm told gives troubles) and
the other one's got the Intel mini-PCI ethernet adapter in it.

        Cheers,
        Dirk



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