[ale] Good Linux-friendly laptop

[Matthew]

My personal laptop is a T60. I wished I had gotten a T61. Great laptop.

On 5/21/12, Wolf Halton <wolf.halton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Matthew <simontek at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My work asus is good, no express cards though. My dell i7 is good too.
>> Lenovo's have good support. Its actually harder to find a non-linux
>> friendly laptop these days. Also there is a linux company that
>> specializes in pc's in atl.
>>
>> On 5/21/12, Bob Toxen <transam at verysecurelinux.com> wrote:
>> > What is a good Linux-friendly Laptop these days in the $300-940 range
>> > available locally?
>> >
>> > I want something good; for me that means no HP (IMO).
>> >
>> > Want DVD burner, a fair amount of memory and reasonable speed.
>> >
>> > I need USB ports, WiFi would be nice but I have a Linux-compatibile
>> > WiFi
>> > PCMCIA card.
>> >
>> > I'm looking to buy at MicroCenter tonight (big hurry, long story).
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Bob
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> http://emperorlinux.com/
> however I have not seen them to be a low-price leader.  I have had good
> luck with dells and lenovo and hp.  Check the tigerdirect outlet up the
> road toward SC on I-85.  Their prices for refurbished laptops are pretty
> good.
>
> -Wolf
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