On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 05:31:38PM +0300, Yedidyah Bar-David wrote: > On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 12:26:07AM +0200, Stiven Andre wrote: > > Hi list. > > Sorry to be a bit off topic. I am about to buy myself a new notebook. I > > I do not think this is off-topic. > > I heard a rumor that IBM intends to provide full support for linux on > its thinkpads, and move a significant amount of its employees to linux > on thinkpad. I can't currently find a proof, but searching google for > 'thinkpad linux support site:ibm.com' does bring, in the second hit, > a list of certifications (made by others - mostly linuxcare RIP, RH and > SuSE) for various thinkpads. You might want to contact IBM officials or > dealers and ask about this. >
I ran into one online store that specializes in preinstalled Linux laptops, most of their laptops are IBM, a few Sony, don't remember what others. It might give you some options to look through what they are offering. look at http://www.emperorlinux.com/ IBMs seem to be good laptops with good customer support, no experience with Linux on them. I would avoid Sony though. Full Linux support on mine, but the official Sony customer service is terrible at best, and there is no official representative in Israel. ISFAR the importer isn't much better and very expensive. > I do have to note that older (3-4 years old) HP laptops worked for us > better than 1-2 years old thinkpads. I still didn't have an experience > with newest thinkpads, though. But the main problem with the newer > thinkpads was when connecting to an external monitor/beamer and I have > a feeling this problem is unrelated to IBM, but is general to most > radeon-based laptops. It's also not that important for most people, > unless you need it to give lectures. > > If you do manage to get more concrete information, I would love to hear > it, and think many here would too. > -- > Didi > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
