Where can I buy a linux-friendly laptop?

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Tue Nov 22 01:34:53 UTC 2005


Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> Have you seen a new laptop with a serial port on it?  Dell has a few,
> but the majority no longer have them, except on the very highend large
> screen models.  Seems weird, but that's how it is going.  I wonder when
> the parallel port will disappear given it seems even less useful than
> the serial port to me (who uses parallel for printers anymore?  At least
> serial has a use still).

Perhaps the space used by serial or parallel connectors could be better
used for USB ports.
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