[ale] New laptop

[George Allen]

I've seen too many broken sony display models at bestbuy. Maybe it was
just one or two- but when one brand seems to consistently loose keys
and break under customer display abuse when the other brands seem to
hold up- I decided against ever buying one.

On 9/30/09, Mike Harrison <meuon at geeklabs.com> wrote:
>> I guess the question is, do I want to pay an extra 500 bucks to get to
>> play with OS X and buy commercial software?
>
> I really liked the screen quality of the higher end Mac's,
> and after messing a lot with Asus Top's, had gotten used
> to the chicklet style keyboard on the Mac's.
>
> After about an hour of playing with a Mac and a
> Sony. I bought the 18.4" (1920x1080 display)Sony, a friend's bought a
> (approx) 15" Sony. Incredible Screen. Matte finish, bright, crisp...
> and I've become a "chicklet" keyboard fan, it feels fast
> and crisp.
>
> Everything works on out of the box on Ubuntu 9.04 except:
>
> The headphone jack does not turn off the speakers when you plug them in.
>
> Suspend mode works, hibernate does not.
>
> At the Ubuntu testing at ALF, 9.10 fixed the sound issue,
> and the Cananonical guy said he we pretty sure hibernate
> would be working be launch for that series.
>
> So far, it's become my favorite laptop ever..
> mine is huge (18.4") but I don't find myself putting
> off things until I can work dual-screen,
> and it was half the price of a similiar Mac.
>
>
>
>
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