David Robertson wrote:
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 14:24:56 +0300 (AST) "David Robertson"
wrote: OK - it's not what you asked but - why IBM? There are many, much "better" laptops out there, unless you're restricted by purchasing policy at work ,for example.
David
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IBM seems to support linux and I need a linux friendly laptop.
There's no doubt that IBM make very solid laptops but they are by no means the only Linux-friendly ones: the converse isn't necessarily true, either!
I'm running SuSE 9.1 on an HP Pavilion zd7000 and previously had an ASUS L/C3000 - no problems with either. Worked out of the box (except for wireless on the Pavilion, which is fine now, after some fiddling). Just might be worthwhile casting your net a little wider. You might want to take a look at http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/
Please don't think I'm trying to put you off IBM...........!
David
David, good point. I recommended the IBM's in an earlier post. But the truth is I just do not have experience with HP notebooks (though my earlier Compaq experience was not good). My brother told me he just decided to go with an HP notebook for his son going off to college - "just" so he would have some HP experience and shut me up :) I'll take your work for it that they work fine. My issue has always been the support two years down the road.