Linux compatability of a couple of laptops?

[Steve Harvey]

On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 05:13:10PM -0500, William Park wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 02:53:34PM -0500, Steve Harvey wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 02:12:54PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > > 
> > > I don't buy Acer stuff because their purpose for existing is to make
> > > cheap stuff.  Asus and Lenovo are the two brands I would buy for laptops
> > > as they are among the best in reliability out there.  I tend to go for
> > > the lenovo option because I can actually customize what I get in my
> > > machine and pick the most linux compatible parts that way.
> > > 
> > 
> >   How about 1600x1200 or 1920x1440, or even 2880x1800 non-glossy screens in
> > a 15" form-factor?  Can I get one of these from lenovo (today)?
> 
> But, what good is it if your laptop doesn't work in 6 months?  Even if
> you do RMA, what do you do while it's in transit?

  I have two lenovo T60's, each 1400x1050 and 6 years old.  The kernel
builds for each are slightly different, which is easily selectable from
the GRUB menu should I need to switch hard drives while one is in the
repair shop.  Alas, the drives are PATA.  I wish they hadn't swallowed
the wide-screen koolaid like everyone else...

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