Laptop ACPI

[Rob F. <rj...@cs...>]

I need to cut a purchase order for a new laptop for work by the
end of June.

My intention is to get some kind of X86 (Pentium M or Athlon64)
machine that will dual boot WinXP(needed for legacy/administrative
stuff, sigh) and Linux (probably Fedora n with several alternative 
kernels for research purposes).

I want something for which the ACPI implementation is done
well enough to be able to run and do development work on
hardware performance counter tools, including oprofile.

One other constraint.  I love lots of pixels, so a UXVGA display
is highly desirable.  Weight is not really a consideration since
the only exercise I get related to work is lugging my computer
bag around.

Recommendations?  Manufacturers and models to avoid?

-- 
Rob Fowler
Associate Director, HiPerSoft
Senior Research Scientist
Dept. of Computer Science, MS-132
Rice University,
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005
713 348-5709