Laptops

[Cyber Source]

that's weird, I just tried it again in this email and it worked now, 
might have been network trouble. FC4 using Firefox 1.0.6

Josh Johnson wrote:

> Weird, it works for me. If you're using lynx or something it may not 
> forward. but it forwards to this page:
>
> http://www.linuxbios.org/index.php/Main_Page
>
> -JoshJ
> http://lotuseaters.no-ip.com
>
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Cyber Source wrote:
>
>> That link doesnt go anywhere
>>
>> Josh Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Cyber Source wrote:
>>>
>>> > I think one of the most important things to look for in a laptop 
>>> or any > pc/motherboard that is often overlooked is the BIOS.
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't know if anyone else has seen this or not, but my next mobo will
>>> definitely be one of the supported chipsets so that I can try this out:
>>>
>>> http://www.linuxbios.org
>>>
>>>
>>> > I have spent plenty of time working around really bad simplistic 
>>> BIOS. > IMHO if it has a phoenix BIOS, RUN AND DON'T LOOK BACK ;). 
>>> Laptops and > cheap pc's seem to be the worst at this. I have been 
>>> able to put boot > options in to workaround these things but it can 
>>> be a real pain and time > consumer to figure out what's what. I had 
>>> an HP laptop in here once > (they should just stick to printers) 
>>> that almost got punted because of > such a crap BIOS. But I did not 
>>> punt it and worked on it for about 4 > hours figuring out what PCI 
>>> IRQ's to isolate, etc. and finally came up > with the right formula 
>>> and then it worked beautiful, onboard ati chipset > modem and all! 
>>> So now when people bring there laptops or cheap pc's in, > BIOS is 
>>> the first thing I look at.
>>> > > Joshua Ronne Altemoos wrote:
>>> > > > Hey,
>>> > > > > I have some questions this may be ot maybbee. But i am 
>>> looking for a
>>> > > brand/model of laptop that is not nesscarly a desktop 
>>> replacement but
>>> > > i do not want to notice the differnce. It needs to be linux
>>> > > complatibale but will be used for windows also since the college 
>>> login
>>> > > for the network is window domain based. I want to be able to 
>>> burn cds
>>> > > and dvds and play dvd movies very well. Prefeered to be a dell 
>>> but any
>>> > > suggestions are good.
>>> > > > > Thanks
>>> > > > > >
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