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On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 07:20:02PM +0200, Robin Atwood wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 30 March 2011, 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 |
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> > on the list had recently bought a laptop in which all the hardware |
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> worked |
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> > out of the box with Linux. I am most concerned about |
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> WiFi/audio/webcam, |
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> > the finer points of hibernation are of lesser concern. Currently I |
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> have a |
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> > "Linux Certified" machine but I want to avoid shipping costs to the |
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> UK. |
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> Thanks to everyone who replied. The overwhelming choice seems to be a |
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> ThinkPad so I have just ordered a T510 with a Core i7, 4GB of 1033 RAM |
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> and a 1600x900 screen Now I can't wait for it to be delivered. :) |
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> Hopefully this thread will be useful to other users. |
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> Cheers |
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> -Robin. |
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> Robin Atwood. |
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> "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, |
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> Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" |
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> from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling |
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Everything runs on the thinkpad, I even had mine running |
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plan9 for awhile. :) |
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