[luau] Review - Excellent Value Laptop for Linux

[R. Scott Belford]

Amazing.  I just bought two of these for work (the 999 model from Compusa), 
but I love them so much I already decided to keep one.  Extremely well made 
laptops.  I thought from looking at all the hardware within that it would 
have linux support (realtek nic chipset, via mboard chipset).  I am thrilled 
to see that you have proven this for us.  I have never owned a Compaq laptop 
prior to Sunday, but this is a very sweet model.  Very impressive.

scott


On Tuesday 09 July 2002 01:19, you wrote:
> http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/~warren/presario/presario.php
>
> Hey folks,
>
> At that URL is my review of the Compaq Presario 722US laptop computer that
> will soon be posted to AMDMB.com.  In my testing I have found this to be an
> excellent priced laptop with tons of features that work nearly perfectly in
> Linux after some tweaking.  Here are some of its better features:
>
> * 1.1GHz AMD Duron processor with SSE instructions
> * 256MB PC100 SDRAM
> * 14.1" TFT screen
> * 56k Linux compatible win-modem and 10/100 ethernet
> * 20GB hard drive
> * Removable DVD and 4x4x16 CD/RW optical combo drive
> * 1.44MB Floppy drive
> * Excellent integrated laptop speakers
> All for only $1,259 after mail-in rebate at the local Office Depot.
>
> (No I don't own Office Depot or HP/Compaq stock, though I do own AMD stock.
> Bad Wall Street... Ouch!)
>
> Kimberly (member of this list) bought this laptop and let me compare it to
> my personal Sony Vaio FXA series Athlon laptop.  I am blown away by how
> much better it is than my considerably more expensive laptop. =(
>
> The both local CompUSA's have a slightly slower 1GHz Duron with DVD-only
> optical drive (all else the same) for only $999.  Either of these are
> awesome value Linux laptops.  Office Depot also has the 725US model with
> the fastest Mobile Athlon XP processor in stock, all other parts identical
> to the 722US at $1,559.
>
> If anyone buys one, let me know and I'll help you configure it.  It may
> take kernel patching experimentation to get ACPI working for better battery
> life, but I will help you to do this.
>
> Anyway, please read my review and let me know what you think!
>
> Thanks,
> Warren Togami
> warren at togami.com
>
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