You will want to make sure that the wireless chipset in the laptop is supported, asking on ubuntuforums.org would be a good place to check. If it is Intel, you are probably good.

Hmmm. I'm not sure where to find out what wireless chipset the computer has.

Thanks all!

I think the iPod buds actually lasted pretty long (for me that means over a year).

My iphone buds still work fine, but they are starting to loose their padding, which makes them a little less comfortable.

I am in the market for an inexpensive digital voice recorder (I'm getting a press pass for WonderCon and want to be able to do interviews and whatnot). Any recommendations?

P-C, are you sure whatever phone/pda you use doesn't already have that capability?

My phone has voice recording capability, but only for a couple minutes.

Oh, okay. Just didn't want you spendin' money you didn't have to!

Just didn't want you spendin' money you didn't have to!

I think if I looked hard enough, I could find an old microcassette recorder I had. But this is the digital age! It's a lot easier to transcribe an mp3 than a cassette you have to keep rewinding and forwarding.

P-C, what is your budget?

I bought recorders for research purposes when we interview people and I like them a lot, but I'm not sure I would call them inexpensive.

search for olympus voice recorders on amazon. there are a few that get good ratings that aren't too expensive.

Hmmm. I'm not sure where to find out what wireless chipset the computer has.

Now that I think about it, there's an easier way. Just boot off the Ubuntu CD and see if wireless works. If it doesn't, then it is probably a problematic chipset. I think you can pretty much get anything to work, but sometimes it can be a hassle.