[CS-FSLUG] Sony Laptops?

[David McGlone]

On Tuesday 18 November 2008 8:49:51 pm Timothy Butler wrote:
> On Nov 18, 2008, at 7:42 PM, Stephen J. McCracken wrote:
> > Timothy Butler wrote:
> >> Thoughts?
> >>
> >> I've had someone ask about the quality and support of Sony laptops. I
> >> only have significant experience with HP (bad experiences), Gateway
> >> (bad), Dell (good) and Apple (good).
> >
> > I think you need to make a couple of distinctions here.  Saying "HP"
> > is
> > probably too generic.  Was it a "Compaq" (low end consumer), an "HP"
> > (mid-range consumer), or "HP-Compaq" (business grade) machine?  Was it
> > bought as a "home" machine or a "business" machine (the two have
> > different warranty terms and customer support teams)?
> >
> > The same would apply with the other companies, too.
>
> 	Well, I haven't dealt with Compaq, I'm fairly certain, since it got
> bought out oh so many years ago. My experience with HP has been with
> their HP line of computers, some from before they bought Compaq, some
> after. Mostly consumer stuff. I've also had major problems with their
> printer support team.

I have an HP Pavilion dv8000, amd64. It has worked flawlessly for me with 
every distro I've thrown at it. But I am jealous of my mother-in-laws Toshiba 
Satellite. Kubuntu runs flawlessly on it.

-- 
David M.