OSNews Reviews Two Linux Laptops

Linare Sub-$500 Notebook Review

"When I read the article on Slashdot & OSNews that Linare was putting out a sub-$500 notebook, I immediately jumped on the deal. I purchased a laptop directly from Linare in early February. Their site stated that I would receive the laptop in 2-4 weeks. I waited in anticipation.

"After the third week and no information received I decided to e-mail Linare and find out when I would be contacted, and more importantly when I would receive my laptop..."

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LinuxCertified LC2210D Laptop Review

"We got in a new loaner from LinuxCertified.com, the brand new LC2210D model: a Centrino 1.80 GHz CPU, 512 MBs of RAM, Intel Extreme gfx card, 40 GB drive and a 14" XGA TFT screen. The laptop comes with the latest Ubuntu installed and sells for $1249. Read more for our review.

"The laptop also sports a firewire port, a pcmcia port, an SD/MMC reader, a combo drive, 2 usb ports, modem, wifi, ethernet, integrated mic, mic-in and headphones-out audio jacks. The build of the laptop is solid and it has pretty good looks too..."

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• Linux.com: Distribution Review: Linare Professional(Apr 13, 2005)
• LInuxGazette.net: Laptop Review: Averatec 5400 Series(Nov 07, 2004)
• OSNews: LinuxCertified LC2430 Laptop Review(Nov 06, 2004)
• OSNews: A Look at Linare Professional(Oct 05, 2004)