I got myself a Dell Inspiron 600m about three years ago and would have been cussing them out like crazy, except I got their extended service warrantee, something I just about never get. It's had some hardware problems which made extending the warrantee cheap by comparison. Their service (farmed out, of course) has been great. They come to my place within two or three days of my reporting a hardware problem and I'm back in business. So unless you've got a second Linux machine to use when your new laptop is down, I'd recommend spending a little more to get the extended warrantee for the new laptop. On 12/31/2007 07:52 PM Michael Kershaw wrote:
I would get any thinkpad model that you felt was within your budget. There are no other laptop manufacturers out there IMHO.
FYI, there are quite a many ebay stores that sell thinkpads still sealed in the box but are a few models out, for dirt cheap. most still have 3 year warranty. I've come across sealed box T42's for 460 bucks.
Just wanted my .02 out there!
Good luck....
On Dec 31, 2007 6:15 PM, Randal Jarrett
wrote: I'm going to have to replace my old (6+ years) Toshiba that has a amd 450Mhz processor and a whopping 20GB disk.
I'm looking for recommendations for a mid range ($1k - 1.5k) laptop that is compatible with Opensuse 10.3.
Please, no flamefests!!
Randal Jarrett
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