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