Laptop Recommendations

[Dirk Koopman]

Nigel Rantor wrote:
> 
> Basically, I'm looking for a really fast (well, fast as possible given 
> size), light machine with 3G that can be plonked on a desk at work and 
> hooked up to a monitor and used for development but can also be taken to 
> the far out reaches of my g/fs flat that has no wifi, broadband or 
> indeed telelphone line and still get online...
> 
> Put it this way, I think if the SZ series came with XP (I need to run a 
> couple of windows apps) and was fully compatible with Debian or Ubuntu 
> I'd probably already have bought one.
> 
> Any other recommendations that might fit the bill?
> 

Boring old Acers are cheap and cheerful, but do the job and can come 
with XP. They are Ubuntu compatible and will also run compiz/beryl out 
of the box. However, I don't know what the 3G thingy inside is (is it a 
real AT modem or some "winmodem" chip?) so I can't confirm whether that 
is linux compatible.

You can choose from: TravelMate 4280_3G or Aspire 5680-3G

It is possible that 3G modules can be added to others.