Any Opinions On This Laptop for Linux, any other suggestions

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 12:28:36PM -0400, Madison Kelly wrote:
> In the support work I do, I've seen endless troubles with Dell's. They  
> also pull tricks like not charging their battery if you use a  
> third-party charger.

Yeah there is that too.  Of course a few years ago a lot of their models
tended to stop charging the batteries after 6 to 12 months no matter
what power supply you used.  They unfortunate users were those where it
happend after 13 months when Dell no longer paid for it.  Apparently a
new mainboard for a Dell model no longer in production isn't cheap.

> I've had wonderful luck with ASUS myself. When I had a trouble with my  
> Eee's screen and needed to get it replaced, it was an honest to goodness  
> pleasant experience. They let me drop it off at their depot in the GTA  
> and less than 24h it was ready for pickup. No arguments, no paper work  
> (beyond one sheet I returned when picking it up).

Yeah the asus place in markham is amazingly fast.  I have never had
anything take over 24 hours.  I have no idea what kind of spare parts
inventory they must keep in that building.

> http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=019320&cid=896.645
>
> An alternative is LG. A few clients of mine use LG and they've had very  
> good luck with them.
>
> I couldn't find any LGs with nVidia to link. :)

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