[Michael Barnes]

I have considered apple, but for what I want to do, prefer a laptop that I can easily run Redhat on.

Thanks in advance...

[chaos_5]

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=32&name=Laptops-Notebooks

[HAL9000]

Intel-based Macs should have no problem running Red Hat Linux in native mode, or with virtualization.

[Michael Barnes]

*note, I like apple hardware and the OS (unix under the hood). Looking for a laptop I can easily run Linux on.

[dit_xi]

What do you intend to do with your laptop? Gaming, graphics/CADD, video editting? What’s your graphic card requirement?

[Randy Larsen]

You just described my Dell E1705...

I love it!

[fkabuckeyesrule]

2,000? Wow. I think I paid about $700 for mine ( got a free printer with it after rebate). My only advise is avoid Dell. I have a Gateway and it’s been fine so far.

[Billthedrill]

Those are BIG laptops! On a dual-core system with 3 GB of RAM you could run Vista. If you wanted to run any applications you could always add a processor and some more memory.

OK, just kidding. ;-) (Bitter Vista user here...)

Don't have a specific recommendation but you might consider a screen warranty on one that size - may I assume you have some fairly graphics-intensive uses in mind? If you're traveling with it you ought to cost in a VERY well-padded case of some sort. Some of the ones the manufacturers send are pretty cheesy and aren't padded at the corners. Extra power supply if you're shuttling it between two settled locations.

Let us know what you settle on!

[gotribe]

You could almost buy 2 of what you want for $2000 - I’m assuming you want some software.

[1rudeboy]

I'm looking for a laptop with the following minimum specs:

OS: Windows Vista
CPU: Intel Pentium® IV 2 GHz or AMD XP 2000+ MHz
RAM: 2048 MB
HD space: 8.0 GB
Video: 256MB GeForce 7950 or higher, ATi Radeon X1900 or higher and Similar chips from other manufacturers
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Drivers: DirectX® 9.0c (included) and latest video drivers
Screen resolution: 1024x768.
Audio hardware must be Direct Sound compatible.

I don't know squat about any of this stuff, except to know the graphics card makes this rig almost impossible to find for less than $2K, if at all. Yes, it for a game (not a first person shooter, but a game nonetheless). I can load the Office-type software later.

[Hyzenthlay]

Apple actually has this nice thing called ‘boot camp’ that’s specifically designed to make it possible for your computer to run Mac OS X and whatever else you can install on an intel-based computer. OS X Leopard also has a nice system-backup application, and although it might be a little more on the expensive side everything runs so smoothly, I can’t ever remember having any hardware or software issues with my Macbook.

[The South Texan]

Macbook.

Skip the Redhat and Windows nonsense.