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On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Murray Taylor wrote:

> IBM Think pads seem to go ok -- 4.8, 4.9, 4.10

I've had better luck with 5.3 on my R31 - it recognises ACPI and the 32-bit
CardBus slot, amongst others.  Witl laptops you really want the latest, to
support their weird hardware.

-- Dave