[ale] laptop advice needed

[scott mcbrien]

IBM LENOVO THINKPAD T60 DUO CORE 2.00GHZ XP PRO WI-FI - $250
-<http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sys/1182078513.html>
That's a good price on a laptop that works well running Linux.  I ran RHEL 5
on one for about a year.

-Scott

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a Dell Latitude D620 for work. Fedora 10. If I close the lid,
> it suspends.
>
> More importantly, when I open the lid it resumes!
>
> The wireless required that I load the firmware into /lib/firmware.
> Once done, it works well. It has reassociation issues as the AP's seem
> to hiccup and when moving around campus but a quick script with a
> panel button to stop NetworkManager, stop networking, unload the
> wireless module and restart it all and it works fine for me.
>
> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com> wrote:
> > Richard Bronosky wrote:
> >>
> >> The only Linux laptop advice I can give is buy one that comes with
> >> some form of linux. Otherwise you're likely to spend months on
> >> sleep/suspend, wireless, and video issues. It doesn't have to come
> >> with your distro of choice. If the OEM got Linux to work, so can you.
> >>
> >
> > You have to be careful. Sometimes the OEM has little experience with
> > linux and didn't really get it to work. Just google for eee pc wireless
> > and look at the complaints.
> >
> > I think Dell has done a good job supporting Ubuntu on their laptops. You
> > can get the Inspiron 15N ($374), Mini 9 ($264), or 1330N ($834) with an
> > integrated webcam. You can configure the 15N pretty nicely for around
> $500.
> >
> > http://dell.com/ubuntu
> >
> > All the best,
> > Brian Pitts
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