[COLUG] Laptop Recommendations

[David McGlone]

On Sunday 03 February 2008 8:51:05 am Jeffrey Tadlock wrote:
> On Feb 1, 2008 11:40 PM, Thomas W. Cranston <cranston_tom at asapchoice.com> 
wrote:
> > My neighbor is asking for laptop recommendations. She was thinking of
> > getting another Dell, but I told her to consider Toshiba. I then had
> > second thoughts, as I do not know much about their service, or parts
> > availability. I am not real big on Dell, but can get Dell parts a lot
> > easier than the average Joe.
>
> I echo Jim's laptop recommendations.  If I was looking for a new
> laptop I would give consideration to Dell laptops and the Lenovo
> Thinkpad series.
>
> I avoid Sony at all costs.  I've worked for a couple of places where
> we had an occasional Sony in use and they have always seemed to have
> either some issue or be poor performing in comparison to other models
> we had in use.  On top of that they always seemed to have had trouble
> with clean Linux installs that just work, whereas I rarely have
> trouble getting a good, functioning Linux install on Dell or Thinkpad
> laptops I install on.

I just installed Kubuntu on a Toshiba satellite yesterday without a hitch.

-- 
David M.