I have had good success with Ubuntu Gutsy on Hp, Toshiba And Asus Laptops, and the Ubuntu forums indicate that the IBM laptops (or there Chinese equivalents) work work too.
You need to install gsynatptics to get the touchpad functionality On my own HP (coreduo 2gig ram) works like a dream except for suspend cheers Chris T On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 21:52 +1300, Wesley Parish wrote: > [not to start any 'distro-wars' but] Can anyone recommend any particular > distro as being particularly "laptop-friendly"? Ie, plug-n-play installation > on most laptops, etc? > > Wesley Parish
