ALDI (German Discounter) Notebook offer

[Stephan Schulz]

[Note followup to comp.os.linux.portable - I cannot read
de.comp.os.linux]

Hi,

ALDI, a German discounter mostly into foodstuff, is offering a
notebook computer this week. The offer is, as far as I can tell, very
competitively priced, and the warranty and phone servie are rumored to
be at least as good as those offered by most computer dealers. I am
seriously considering to buy the beast.

You can see the offer under
http://www.aldi-sued.de/42_aktuell_d/30_2.htm (in German, but thanks
to the international computer lingo everybody should be able to read
it).

Here is a summary:

- 600 MHz Mobile P3 with SpeedStep
- 13.3' TFT XGA Display
- Toshiba 8x DVD ROM
- Silicon Motion 8 MB 3d APG graphics on board
- IBM hard disk (5 GB)
- 64 MB S-DRAM PC 100
- 56 k modem
- SIGMATEL Soundchip
- LiIon-batteries
- Internal floppy drive
- PC-Card support
- ALPS touch pad
- the usual blabla
- 2 years warranty and service hotline

It is priced at DM 3498,-

It comes with Windows Me and some MS software (including Word and
Encarta), but I would of course install Linux, probably leaving 2 GB
for Encarta and Games...

Is there anything fishy in the components? Does Linux support all of
the major things (Graphiks, Sound, DVD)?

Is there anything else I need to know to install Linux?

Thanks,

Stephan
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