Laptop Reccomendation

[Gabriel Dragffy]

Jim Smith wrote:
> Scott W. McMikle wrote:
>> I would like to purchase a used older laptop and my intent is to run
>> Ubuntu on it.  My plan is to surf the web, run Openoffice, and a GPS
>> navigation program.  I am curious to what others have been sucessful with.
>>  
>> Scott
> I'm using a Sony VAIO VGN-FJ250P (widescreen) Pentium M, 1Gb RAM, 100Gb
> HDD and DVD-RW. Almost everything worked at installation with a couple
> of minor exceptions. The DVD-RW drive is not recognised at bootup UNLESS
> there is a disc in the drive. Odd problem and one I've never heard of
> before. Workaround of course is to leave a disc in the drive at all
> times. Drive is OK as WinXPPro has no trouble with it. The built in
> webcam hasn't worked yet but truth be told I've not given it a serious
> look yet. WiFi was a nuisance at first but I installed KWFiManager and
> now have no problems with it. This unit is Intel Centrino, so its all
> Intel, graphics, WiFi and sound, no problems except as above.
> 
> Your mileage may vary.
> 
> Jim
> 
Surely if you fire up the computer, then put a cd in the drive, linux 
will do it's thing and then give you an icon for it?