Posts by Firestrand

I have just finished a Pin Mod on the DV1520US, I just wanted to share with those interested that it is verified working with no problems on a stock system. If you want more information about Pin Modding take a look...

You need to decide what is most important to you. An ultra portable will cost signifigantly more, than a similarly configured larger version. If small is what you want take a look at the Sony T series or the Fujitsu P7000 there are...

I wouldn't do the Dell personally. I called them recently about the 700m, and they informed me that it is still using the 855 chipset. So you wont be able to do any overclocking of the processor (the best part), and the shared memory for...

It is time for a new notebook. Even after undervolting, my current laptop has an annoyingly loud processor fan. So I am looking for the quietest laptop. Unfortunately all retail stores in my area have exceedingly loud showrooms, so I...

Hmmm. If you bought it from a retail store like Best Buy. Take it back, right away. You should be able to get it swapped out immediately. It is not worth your time or effort to mess with if it is < 1 year old. It is obviously doing...

Quote: Originally Posted by abf err...if you're a pro....wouldn't you go with a source distro like Source Mage? Hmmm. I wouldn't recommend Source Mage over Gentoo to anyone for two reasons. First, it isn't as...

For those needs just find the cheapest notebook with a DVD. Go with a Pentium M (Better battery life then a Celeron) Minimum 512MB of Ram 40GB or more Hard Drive DVD, Wireless That should do everything you stated.

That is a hard price point to hit in a notebook that small. At least with newer notebooks. You may be able to find a Fujitsu Lifebook P series for that price. It is a decent notebook, and a much better price than the Sony T or S series....

Go with vmware, I routinely run Ubuntu, Suse, Gentoo, Debian, along with all versions of Windows without hickups. I have also tested all of those OSes on the new 5.5 version. Most distributions even detect the VMware virtual svga driver...

Really I think your choice of distributions will depend on your knowledge and familiarity with Linux. If you are a noob, stick to something like Ubuntu, which has an almost over simplified package management system, and comes with...