Re: [Trisquel-users] Free Software compatible laptop?

[myself600]

There are some other completely free laptops outside the Chromebooks that  
have a heavily out-of-date/low performance/incompetitive hardware, are very  
expensive, an many of are incompatible with the x86 architecture. Many of  
these has a proprietary BIOS that needs to be reflashed with Coreboot, which  
is a non-trivial task to do even for an experienced hacker, and can easily  
brick your device (there are recovery methods, but it requires expensive  
tools and professional knowledge). I can post you here the list of these  
devices if you're interested, but since most of these devices doesn't fulfill  
people basic requirements (web browsing - usually small/low resolution  
screen, videocalling - lack of hardware accelerated encoding of video, 3d  
gaming - non-existent or very basic 3d acceleration), these are only just  
toys to play with and not a device you can rely on a business trip.

http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2013/Program/Coreboot_Install_Party