On 12/13/05, Rob Benton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering what everyone's opinion was on a good quality laptop. I > bought a Dell desktop for my mom almost a year ago and it wasn't such a > good deal. So any place that takes trade-ins is a plus. I'm not really > worried about compatibility with Linux since she'll only be using > Windows XP. >
A strange question to be asking here then but I guess you're not on any windows mailing lists. :) I got an acer travelmate 4102WLMi. Don't buy that one, it sucks. The DSDT for acpi is completely screwed. That they got it working with windows is a testament to windows' tolerance towards crappy hardware. I had to load a fixed one into my kernel in ubuntu. The battery life is good though. But when using windows on it I noticed they throttle the processor pretty agressively (you can change these settings though) which caused the whole "desktop experience" to slow down to a crawl. When I was looking for a laptop everybody told me IBM was the way to go but they're kinda hard to get around here (and expensive). They're sold by Lenovo now but I don't think that has much bearing on their quality. I'm pretty sure the thinkpads are pretty good, if you can get one. greets, Wim
