> On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 00:35 -0700, Richard Scott McNew wrote: > > Sony VAIO laptops have generally worked well for me. My current > > laptop is a little VAIO and a previous one was also. They tend to be > > slightly expensive, but to date I've never had any hardware failures > > or incompatibilities. I've also had an older HP zt series that ran > > linux wonderfully and without complaint. > > Dunno about linux stuff, but we have one Vaio in the department that is > always having problems. Probably more a user problem than anything > else, but we already had to send it away (no on-site repairs like Dell > and Apple) to replace the motherboard and a drive. I really dislike the > design of the Vaio. By the time you have everything you need attached > (cd drive, extra battery) you wonder why it was you bought a tiny laptop > in the first place.
My wife's Viao also had a ton of hardware problems. The DVD drive died, the battery died, dock didn't work correctly, and the plastic case had a chunk fall off... Some people might like them, but I could never recomend one. If I had to get a laptop now, and could afford it, I'd probably get a Thinkpad. I think they're kind of ugly, but they sure feel solid. My $0.02 -- Michael Moore ------------------------------- www.stuporglue.org -- Donate your used computer to a student that needs it. www.ubuntu-utah.org -- In Utah? Interested in Ubuntu? Come join us. -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
