[KLUG Hardware] laptops

[Jon Towne]

Regarding Notebooks:
        Almost 2 yrs ago I bought a non-name brand notebook that I thought was 
500$ cheaper than anything else comparable and have never regretted it. 
www.powernotebooks.com.  The one I bought is PowerPro III:33. I run mandrake 
9 at present and it works great including the lucent winmodem(absolutely no 
problems), onboard ethernet, usb, firewire and dvd all of which I use. This 
laptop doesn't do windows except as a vmware image. Problems with it are: the 
loud fan and no support for 3d from the savage video chipset(no big prob for 
me).  Although I haven't had to use it their support has a good reputation.  
I just noticed they now have a linux forum and support.  Their newest laptops 
feature onboard wireless.   Of course.....YMMV.   Jon