On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 07:20:02PM +0200, Robin Atwood wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 March 2011, 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.
>
> Thanks to everyone who replied. The overwhelming choice seems to be a
> ThinkPad so I have just ordered a T510 with a Core i7, 4GB of 1033 RAM
> and a 1600x900 screen Now I can't wait for it to be delivered. :)
>
> Hopefully this thread will be useful to other users.
>
> Cheers
>
> -Robin.
>
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>
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>
> Robin Atwood.
>
> "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst,
>
> Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst"
>
> from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling
>
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Everything runs on the thinkpad, I even had mine running
plan9 for awhile. :)
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