IBM laptop

[James Knott]

Christopher Browne wrote:
> On 1/12/06, Marc Lijour <marc-bbkyySd1vPWsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> I am after a good IBM laptop to do development (Java application server,
>> Eclipse most of all) and of course to run my favorite Linux distro :-)
>>
>> What's the best one out there right now? I assume support for Linux >being optimum.
>>
>> Does somebody know of a good place/site where to buy it?
> 
> Well, the modern problem iis that IBM no longer sells laptops.
> 
> They sold the laptop division (possibly the whole "PC Division") to Lenovo.
> 
> That doesn't bode particularly well for Linux support; IBM had been
> interested in this, but it now fades towards irrelevance.
> 
>
One thing to bear in mind, is that Lenovo is a Chinese company and China
is encouraging the use of Linux.
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