Any Opinions On This Laptop for Linux, any other suggestions

[jim ruxton]

On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 11:35, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> 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. :)

Wow.. Thanks Lennart and Madison . I hadn't looked at the Asus laptops.
I had heard that the P line of dual Cores are better than the T line but
for what I do I guess it won't matter. Looks like I'm off to Canada
Computers. Much appreciated.
Jim

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