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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Hello,</p>
<p>I need to purchase a laptop replacement
in the near future. Initially, I was considering a used IBM thinkpad
T42 but for the same price I could get a new nicely equipped HP
Pavilion dv5000 with the Turion 64 Mobile Processor. I would like to
install dual-boot Debian – WinXP. I like the fact that the HP is
64 bit so that I can migrate in the future. I like the fact that
both HP and IBM supports Linux. I also like the fact that AMD has
made a commitment to Linux and LinuxBIOS. I am willing to wait a
year or so for all the components of the new HP to be configured properly for Linux.
I am leaning in favor of the HP. Are there any big disadvantages that won't be worked out by tweaks
to the software or configuration? Also, It
has the option a selecting
either an ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M or NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400. I was
thinking about selecting the ATI. I would welcome any suggestions
about choosing the new HP with the AMD Turion 64 Mobile for it primary
use as a Debian workstation.
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Thanks in advance for the help.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Jay</p>