On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:45 PM, subhojit ojha <subhojit.o...@gmail.com> 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 _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
