Re: New laptop suggestions

On Saturday 21 Nov 2009 08:42:03 Stefan Grosse wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:03:43 -0800 Thomas Taylor <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
> TT> I need to get a new laptop as my old one is having problems.  I
> TT> know that most of the current crop of laptops are made for Winblows
> TT> and lack good hardware support, everything being done through
> TT> software now.
> TT> 
> TT> What recommendations do you people have for laptops that will run
> TT> on linux with minimal problems?
> 
> Hey this is like "I want a new car, any suggestions?" So with any
> specific information on what you plan to do with you new notebook you
> would get probably thousands of notebooks recommended.
> 
> If you need a cheap mobile computer that is well supported by
> most newer Linux-distributions have a look at the eee pc's. I own a 1005
> and I am quite satisfied with it. 
> 
> However I find it a bit unpolite in posting an unspecific and rather
> private question like this across so many more or less fitting mailing
> lists. I am personally on the kdepim-users mailing list and I find the
> question there quite off topic.

Yes, it's off-topic, and you also don't say what country you live in. That prevents people recommending places to buy laptops with Linux pre-installed.

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David Jarvie.
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