I will avoid HP like the plague. I have a dv9000 that has been nothing but trouble after the warranty expired. It had a recall that I missed because I had been careful with it. The left hinge broke (the recall I missed). I fixed that. The heatsink was poorly done so the solder joints melt and go cold. There is a company in FL that has fixed so many of these, they were able to buy a microwave something to re-flow the solder. I had to do that and it lasted a year. The ACPI in the BIOS is crap. about 80% of my kernels have not been able shutdown. It goes mostly down but doesn't quite make it.
For a smaller laptop, I have really like my Acer 1810t, especially after putting in an SSD. I use Gentoo, so I mount some stuff to the old drive externally for compiling so I don't kill it with compiling. On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Stuart Jansen <sjan...@buscaluz.org> wrote: > I love my T61p, but it's gotten a bit long in the tooth. What would you > recommend as a replacement? My priorities are: > > - Linux compatibility > - build quality > - rocking warranty > - high resolution screen > > Note that price and weight aren't major concerns. I'm willing to pay > around $3000 if I can get high quality and a four year warranty. And I > doubt anything will ever again tip the scales like my old HP zv5000. > > I've looked and looked but nothing available today seems to compare to > the T61p. I have a 17" MBP for work and the build quality is decent, but > the keyboard and trackpad are meh, and Apple's warranty options are only > okayish not rocking. Lenovo's W540 looks decent but a step below my > beloved T61p. Nothing from HP or Dell inspires me. What have I missed? > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
