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>From: "Jennie L. Moody" <address@hidden> >Organization: UVa >Keywords: 200005031711.e43HBIG19452 laptop Windows Linux dual boot Jennie, >I have a large chunck of change to purchase a new system >that will allow us to have good McIDAS capability in >the field. Cool. >I don't want to run an ldm, but will run >McIDAS on this system, getting data via ADDE. I will >get some kind of dual-boot PC. Since you said you try to >stay up to date with equipment, it there any problem >configuring a laptop system for Linux and Windows both? When you purchase the system, you should make sure that the components in the machine are compatible with the version of Windows (presumably NT) and Linux (presumably RedHat 6.2). If you buy a Dell, you can get it configured with Linux or Windows (98 or NT), but they will not guarantee that both will work. Our experience is that one area where there are potential difficulties are: o pcmcia cards o video chipset >I do realize that this kind of portable system would >severly limit our display size, but there are real >advantages to having a small but powerful system. I took our Dell Inspiron 7000 to Australia and absolutely loved the 15" display. I didn't find it confining in the least. Tom -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ * Tom Yoksas UCAR Unidata Program * * (303) 497-8642 (last resort) P.O. Box 3000 * * address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 * * Unidata WWW Service http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/* +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+