Michael Moore wrote: >>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
I love my thinkpad. It has a great keyboard, and works really well under linux. There's a whole wiki devoted to them working under linux, and special acpi utils for them. http://www.thinkwiki.org I've used mine so much that my windows and intel stickers have turned into mirrors. It's tremendous. Adam
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