[ltp] Last Min. advice for buying a new thinkpad?

[Michael James]

On the A21m be sure that the modem/NIC card is not the 3Com mini-PCI card.
This card is in no way supported in linux. :(

MJ

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On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, alex kirmse wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've been running Slackware 8.0 and Win2k on my
> Thinkpad (i1412 366 celeron 160 ram). I think it will
> be time to buy a new one pretty soon. I was looking at
> the A series, possibly the A22p.
>
> Does anybody have any advice on the A-series and what
> options I can live without?
>
> I was reading a review for the A22p and it said that
> the resolution was too good for a laptop and that all
> the fonts are too small. I want to use the machine
> mainly for graphics, programming(PHP,web stuff), and
> entertainment ;). And I'm wondering if I can design
> web pages at such a high-resolution since most still
> have 800x600?
>
> At the warehouse:
> http://www2.warehouse.com/dept_find.asp?dept%5Fid=2592&sel=PcNote&cat=pc
>
>
> They have an older thinkpad A21M for $1399, good deal?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ciao :D
>
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