Laptops :: Cheap Laptops for DSL install

I'd like suggestions for cheap laptops for DSL install.

USB 2.0 and WiFi would be nice.

Small, only slightly larger than 8 1/2 x 11 would be nice.

DSL works on the IBM Thinkpad 385xd(I paid $30 bucks for mine) Im still working on the graphics tho'

Hi newby,

I have an old Compaq notebook, an Armada 4210T. 233 Mhz, 96MB RAM, two cardbus PCMCIA slots, docking station with CDROM and additional battery.
Have installed a noname 2-port USB 2.0 card (works fine) and a Fiberline WLAN card with Marvell chip (still working on this, but ndiswrapper accepts it, so some detail work should do the job).
It is very small, about 22 x 29 cm (Sorry, but I'm metric).

I think nearly any notebook from the Compaq 15xx, 17xx, 41xx or 42xx series should be okay for DSL. Or any other with similar technical data.

I paid 100,- for mine 1 1/2 years ago.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that this little Compaq is fanless, so it makes nearly no noise...

meltdown

There is an old version of xfree86 that supports some of the laptop video chipsets that the newer versions do not.

It takes a little tweaking on the configuration to get it all set up properly, but once that is done, you get a much better graphics display than the standard xwindow options packaged with DSL.

I'll check through my notes and see if I can remember how I did this on two of 'minimal' laptops.

Try doing a forum search for xfree and laptop, which is how I managed to trace down the info to get this done.

DaveJ45

Try the Armada M series. Most of them are in the P3 range and very small and light-weight.

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