[CS-FSLUG] Re: Laptops and iBooks

[Dommy E. Hamid]

Two brands for Linux compatible laptops.

Acer and HP.

In Indonesia, I have seen Acer lower end laptops preloaded with Linux 
(in order to save cost) in just about every computer mall. That's 
basically tells you about the Linux compatibility for those types of 
laptops. While I have not seen a Linux preloaded HP laptops, from what I 
read in Linux bulletin boards, they are one of the more compatible ones. 
I think HP also sells laptops preloaded with either custom-built Ubuntu 
or Suse (not sure its availability in the US though).

Now, Acers are cheap, so the quality may not be as good as say, IBM. HPs 
are more expensive but I don't know its quality either. So, pick which 
one has the best warranty and support and go for it :)

Dommy

PS: As an additional notes, I have also seen many local laptops brand 
with Linux preloaded. Most of them use Linspire. If they dare preload 
Linux, I have to say that almost every important hardware should be 
supported. It may have worse battery life than Windows, but as long as 
you bring the power brick along, you should have no problem :)


Nathan T. wrote:
> I just got an e-mail back from support at apple.com apparently they don't
> do any e-mail communication there as the automatic-response said, and
> I hate going through the phone.
> 
> I'm thinking right about now maybe Lintel is my best option, I'm going
> to keep my eyes open for a laptop that will work well with Mandrake
> unless someone can give me a good reason why that would be a bad idea,
> such as bad hardware support, shorter battery life or no suspend. I've
> got a few more days in which Apple could reply, but so far they
> haven't proved themselves very serious about actually selling anything
> to me. If a company wants my business, it'll let me reach them in a
> way that's convenient to me.
> 
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