RE: [wlug] Linux Laptops.

Personally I'd avoid Compaq laptops, I've seen far to many weird hardware issues with them. Also very picky when it comes to RAM. Had one here at work recently that didn't even like Kingston RAM.

As an aside, we had problems with Kingston RAM in an IBM Thinkpad that was tracked down to "the RAM has a conductive surface, and the flap of the case that the RAM sits under does too." When you pushed down on the computer, it would sometimes conduct and cause lockups. You could either put something nonconductive between the RAM and the case, or you could use IBM RAM. IBM don't warrant non-IBM RAM in their machines (I assume Compaq are the same.) Craig