I have an IBM ThinkPad 380Z (233 MHZ PII) that runs Linux very well. Power
support does not work, but that's because I'm using EZ-Drive to manage an
oversized hard drive and not because of anything wrong with the ThinkPad
itself.
SWB
--- Derek Glidden <dglidden@illusionary.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 01:06, Andrew M Hoerter wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Eben King wrote:
> >
> > > > The Sony VAIO GRT series is supposed to be 100% linux compatible.
> >
> > > That's good, as one of them (the PCG-Z1RAP3) has an exceptionally long
> > > (up to 13H) battery life. Presumably that's with additional brand-new
> > > batteries, HD spun down, screen saver on, ...
> >
> > I have an extreme distaste for Sony laptops; I have a PCG-F430 that began
> > falling apart a couple of years after I bought it. First the LCD went a
>
> No, we've had a lot of "Bad luck" with Sony laptops as well. I'd never
> buy another one. Ever. Nor would I recommend them for running Linux.
> Some will, some won't, some work ok, some work abysmally, some don't
> work at all. We had a couple at NKS, all with hardware allegedly
> supported under Linux, however when it came time to actually try to run
> Linux on the things, they were so unstable as to be useless. And they
> fell apart quickly.
>
> I recently picked up a Dell 5150 amazingly cheap (about $1200 before tax
> and shipping) considering it has a 3Ghz Pentium IV, 1400x1050 display
> with a 64MB Radeon M9, 30GB hard drive, DVD/CD-RW, integrated 10/100
> broadcom ethernet, firewire, and 384M of RAM. I haven't been able to
> get a Debian install stable on it (X dies/panics a lot) but RedHat is
> running superbly with the ATI binary driver, and everything works except
> the winmodem, which I never use anyway.
>
> I have a lot of good things to say about Dell laptops. As long as you
> get a model that has all supported hardware, they will generally run
> Linux very well.
>
> --
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> "We all enter this world in the | Support Electronic Freedom
> same way: naked; screaming; soaked | http://www.eff.org/
> in blood. But if you live your | http://www.anti-dmca.org/
> life right, that kind of thing |---------------------------
> doesn't have to stop there." -- Dana Gould
>
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked
> Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages
> posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
> official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
=====
Steven W. Buehler | swbuehler@yahoo.com
Web Site: http://www.sanctuaryweb.org
Music Site: http://www.mp3.com/renaitre
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked
Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages
posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 18:47:00 EDT