I'm in the market for a new laptop to replace my aging (and abused) Dell Latitude LS. My basic requirements are that it be about the same size (12"), preferably with integrated ethernet and WiFi capability and that the hardware is supported, or at least supportable, under Linux.

I've basically whittled it down to the following contenders:

• Dell Latitude X300


• HP Compaq nc4010


• IBM ThinkPad X40


• Apple 12" PowerBook


• Apple 12" iBook

If anyone's had any experience with any of these, or can suggest anything of a similar breeed, that'd be great. Make sure you suggest the name of a classic computer game to name the laptop!

Talking of naming schemes, was having a debate with myself whether having to reinstall my desktop required me to change its name or not.

Thankfully it looks like this won't be necessary after all, the computer wouldn't power up with the replacement drive I bought either so it looks like it was the PSU that was at fault; it could power up the smaller drive I use to install things, but not the faster main drives. A replacement PSU seems to have done the trick, thankfully I hadn't defenestrated the old drive yet.