questions.

[bronks]

How do I go about this:

*Buy a laptop with no pre-loaded software except a bare bones O.S. (By bare bones, I mean enough to fire the thing up and add whatever programs I like.)

*Add programs as needed... Basically, my trading program, Firefox and a very, very, basic version of Word. That's it.

I'm assuming some kind of Linux setup would allow me to do this? I'm just tired of all the crap that comes with a pre-loaded store bought computer.

 

[traderdon56]

You're gonna have to go to a place that actually puts the thing together, maybe these guys could do it, and I'm sure there are others. I've used these guys before with good results.


http://www.cyberpowersystem.com/Default.asp



Good luck-

Don

 

[bronks]

Thanks Don, nice website. Looks like I can get it built without anything except HD formatting. Might be what I'm looking for.

Still would like to see a few more replies before I dive in.

...especially concerning the different Linux distributions for my application.

 

[bronks]

Well looks like I'll be going with SUSE 9.3 as an OS. After researching much here and there, it looks to be pretty stable and user friendly. I might try and find a laptop that's pre-loaded with it before trying to do it myself.

comments more than welcomed.