OT: UNIX on Windows

[Bill Campbell]

On Wed, Dec 08, 2004, Fairlight wrote:
>Confusious (Bill Campbell) say:
...
>> My next laptop may well be an Apple PowerBook or iBook if I can get around
>> their stupid touchpads.  I've gotten very used to the IBM eraser type
>> mouse, never using an external mouse.
>
>Okay, let me ask this...how -do- you get around laptop "mice" like touchpads
>that are the touchpad type and apparently require special drivers?  They
>don't work as a "regular" mouse under 'doze.  (I'm thinking of my Digital
>HiNote VP for example.)
>

Speaking of laptops, the Linux Journal I received today has an article on
HP's NX5000 Linux laptop which comes with SuSE 9.1 installed.  At a base
price of $1,199USD, this looks very interesting (although it does have the
dreaded touchpad :-).

Bill
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