Re: [Trisquel-users] Lightweight freedom-friendly laptops

[chris]

If you avoid HP, Dell, Lenovo, Apple, IBM/Lenovo, and possibly Sony you can  
probably avoid the USB dongle. It's just these companies which are using  
proprietary connectors and/or digital restrictions to make replacing the wifi  
card difficult.

And... other rules of thumb:
If you want 3d acceleration and decent battery life Intel is the way to go.  
NVIDIA/ATI graphics are going to be an issue on any systems of the last  
several generations.