On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 19:54, Russ Wright wrote:
> I have a Toshiba 1605CDS with Mandrake 8.1. I am able to use every
> feature of the laptop without problems. The only part that was
> difficult was getting the modem to work. I found a driver for it, as it
> is a winmodem, and now it works too. I have a pcmcia nic and it
> functions perfectly. I use my laptop for everyday development in java
> and C++ without issue.
>
> My only dissapointment is the battery life, which really has nothing to
> do with the OS, but my next laptop will have a lithium battery. I've
> looked at many IBM laptops and I think I will buy one of those next.
My old laptop was a Toshiba 4015 that ran Linux. It mostly worked
although the PCMCIA support was flaky and there was no hope of ever
getting the IR working. I still have it but the battery is dead as a
doornail. Strangely, I know a LOT of people with Toshiba laptops that
have dead batteries. I think it's a trend and another reason I would
avoid Toshiba laptops.
My current laptop is a Compaq Armada 7400 that runs Linux like a dream.
(Well, mostly. APM support seems to have gotten entirely borked
sometime during 2.4, so battery life on it sucks dirt now. I've
commented a couple of times on LKML and, while I received a response
that seemed to indicate there was a real problem with scheduling the
kapm_idled thread, it doesn't seem like anything's ever been done about
it. That's the kernel's problem, though, not the laptop's.)
I highly recommend Compaq and IBM hardware to run Linux. The most
success stories seem to come from those vendors.
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