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I want to purchase this laptop:
http://www.dell.com/content/products/pr … l=en&s=bsd
with this configuration:
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8400 (2.26GHz, 3M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic SP1, With media edit
WARRANTY & SERVICE 3 Year Limited Warranty and 3 Year Mail-in Service edit
LCD PANEL 14.1" UltraSharp™ WXGA+ (1440x900) LED Display - Brush Metal Black edit
GRAPHICS AND EXPANSION SLOT Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD With Express Card edit
MEMORY 2.0GB, DDR2-800 SDRAM, 2 DIMMS edit
INTERNAL KEYBOARD Internal English Keyboard edit
CAMERA/MICROPHONE Digital Microphone edit
PRIMARY STORAGE 80GB Hard Drive, 7200RPM with Free Fall Sensor edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 24X CDRW/DVD with Cyberlink PowerDVD™ edit
WI-FI WIRELESS CARD Intel® WiFi Link 5100 802.11a/g/n Draft Mini Card edit
FINGERPRINT READER OPTION No Fingerprint Reader edit
BACKUP OS DRIVERS AND SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION Resource DVD - Contains Diagnostics and Drivers edit
My Accessories
BATTERY 9 Cell Battery edit
PRIMARY POWER OPTIONS 90W A/C Adapter (3-pin) edit
I really want to get this laptop soon, but I'll be so irritated if I tried to install arch on it and it doesn't work. Thank you for your help.
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Well, from the 'first look' reviews (there's a first look review dated today!), it seems to be a brand new model, which means there won't be many folks who have tested it. It depends on what you mean by 'work' as well. Arch is almost sure to install a basic system, but things like suspending, cpu speed changes, and wifi usually take some work on most distros in my experience. One thing to do is to google for some of the components to see if linux users have had success. Two important ones are the video card and the wireless card. If those look good, then give it a try. You might need to work at it a bit, but I usually manage with help from the forums You could even write up your experience on a wiki so that others can benefit from your experience...
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It's an intel video card so it should work without hassle.
But dude, that's one wicked laptop! (except for maybe the small hd size)
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