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On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:56 AM, Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@×××××.com>wrote: |
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> On 03/30/2011 02:46 PM, Elaine C. Sharpe wrote: |
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> > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 08:40:02PM +0200, Robin Atwood wrote: |
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> >> I am in the market for a new laptop and would be interested if anyone |
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> >> else on the list had recently bought a laptop in which all the |
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> hardware |
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> >> worked out of the box with Linux. I am most concerned about |
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> >> WiFi/audio/webcam, the finer points of hibernation are of lesser |
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> >> concern. Currently I have a "Linux Certified" machine but I want to |
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> >> avoid shipping costs to the UK. |
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> >> |
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> > I've always had the best luck with the hardware support for |
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> > thinkpads (and dell inspirons, though they're kind of clunky |
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> > and cheesy). Can't vouch for the new ones though, it's been |
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> > a few years since I upgraded. |
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> > |
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> I've been using a thinkpad X201; WiFi works well and audio too. Don't |
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> have a camera. There is a little problem configuring the touch pad |
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> buttons for a left hand but it does not bother me. All in all a very |
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> good machine under gentoo. |
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> -- |
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> Valmor |
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> I have the X200. I use it with 8GB of ram, so all compilation of Gentoo |
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system and Catalyst |
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is done on the ram. Really good. 8GB cost me on ebay 90$ ! |
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The wifi works good, but again as Valmor said there is no cam on the laptop. |
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I also don't have touch pad, just the red stick. I like it that way. |
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The computer goes to sleep, but I didn't tried to hibernate. |
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I have also the X60s and it is a bad laptop. It gets really hot, fairly |
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quickly, and it is very annoying. |
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About the wifi: take care that the wifi card can be changed, as it is a pcie |
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card. So if the laptop seems |
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to be good for the buck, and the wifi is not what you want, you can just buy |
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one of the good wifi cards on |
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ebay and replace it on your new laptop. This of course will void the |
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warranty ;-) |
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Other thing you should consider is the battery life. In my Thinkpad x60s I |
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have upgraded the battery to a 12cell |
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big one, and it lasts about 7-9 hours. Such a battery is hard to fine for |
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other brands of laptops. You will usually |
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find them for thinkpads, I guess because their made for work. I think it |
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cost me about 60$ or so on ebay. |
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Regards, |
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Kfir |
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