So just to update everyone. I've narrowed it down to 14inch laptops that support 8gig of memory. I require a working camera, speaker, wifi, and suspend and resume. Also all hardware that the laptop comes with should work ( except the fingerprint reader ).
The dell 6410 has a few issues it seems depending on what flavor of linux/kernel you are using and what display chip you choose. The front runners so far are the Lenovo T410s and the system76 Pangolin. On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 10:45 PM, James E. LaBarre <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/05/2011 05:14 PM, Luther Woodrum wrote: >> >> In Oct, 2010 I saw a NY Times article about a lawsuit that was filed >> three years ago against Dell confirmed that the company was aware of and >> continued to sell flawed PCs. About 12 million OptiPlex desktops between >> 2003 and 2005 shipped with mainboards capacitors that, according to e-mail >> messages, Dell employees knew would fail within three years. Staff were >> told to avoid acknowledging the mainboards were bad and downplayed >> breakdowns, even when batches of 1,000 or more PCs (including those of >> its eventual legal defense) failed at the hose of its eventual legal >> defense) >> failed at the same time. (Later that number was changed to 18 million) > > ... >> >> The problem wasn't unique to Dell and did affect system builders such as >> Apple and HP. Producers of stand-alone mainboards like ASUS and MSI were >> also affected. Most of these, however, were more active in addressing >> complaints and either fixed systems more proactively or started extended >> repair programs sooner. > > It is something known as "Capacitor Plague > (https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Capacitor_plague). > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Mar 2 - MHVLUG 8th Anniversary - Show and Tell > Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 > May 4 - Inkscape > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 2 - MHVLUG 8th Anniversary - Show and Tell Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 May 4 - Inkscape
