If you've looked at Monitor Depot. Then you might want to consider the 
Walmart $600 laptop. You'd get a new laptop in the same price range
as Monitor Depot. Those IBM laptops they have are, IMHO, way overpriced.
But they do refurbish them and guarantee them, IIRC. the only problem
with the Wal-Mart laptop is you probably couldn't test it first with 
Knoppix.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Kelsay [mailto:BLKELSAY@kcc.usda.gov]
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 11:49 AM
> To: kclug@kclug.org
> Subject: Re: recommendation for laptop with Linux
> 
> 
> How about running the SuSE LiveCD on the laptop in the store 
> and see if everything works?  Or try Knoppix.  You'll know 
> real quick if sound will work with Knoppix.  There is a sound 
> file that plays at startup and shutdown.  Turn the volume up 
> during the boot.
> 
> Brian Kelsay
> 
> >>> Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd@ccp.com> 08/20/04 10:45AM >>>
> 
> First thing would be to load my SuSE distro and see what happens.  I
> just don't want to cause them any headaches trying to get Winblows
> reloaded/configured again.
> 
> I'll see if I can't get some model numbers and collate them 
> against your
> suggestions.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>