[Ilugc] Help to choose a better laptop
- From: knura9@xxxxxxxxx (Arun Khan)
- Date: Thu Mar 4 15:59:37 2010
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:45 PM, subhojit ojha <subhojit.ojha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I tried this link http://www.emperorlinux.com/ but here the costs are so
high, need ur view?
Their volumes are low - they buy from the manufacturer and do their
own integration to ensure all devices on the laptops work with the
pre-installed Linux distro that they ship. That costs time and money.
what about thinkpad or vaio.
For the most "out of box" support on Linux; any Intel Centrino family
chipset based laptop will do. Beware of KVM support though - most
laptop BIOS are b0rked and do not allow loading of KVM modules even
though the CPU may support it.
As for Thinkpad v/s Vaio. I would lean towards Thinkpad, IIRC some
thinkpad models come with FreeDOS thereby giving you a lower price
point. Again look for Centrino family chip set.
To the best of my knowledge, Sony has never put a non-Windows Vaio
whereas most of the other manufacturers have; that is a decisive
factor for me.
Another more important issue is about warranty - check with
manufacturer for hardware support if you do install Linux on a system
that came with Windows pre-installed.
HTH
-- Arun Khan
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