Quoting Steven Peck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I would strongly advise that you avoid Sony Vaio laptops. They are > amoung the most proprietary laptops in existance and even getting a > different versions of Windows, then the one it came with, to work on > them can prove incredibly difficult.
The exception was the first-generation VAIOs, such as the PCG-505TX and 505TR (P266-class). Those were very Linux-friendly, and I'm still delighted with my old 505TX. Rumour has it that they were designed by Linux/BSD-fan engineers, and that Sony HQ eventually noticed and dictated that subsequent generations be deliberately made with components that discourage "unsupported operating systems" -- e.g., USB floppies, unsupported sound and video chipsets, winmodems, etc. Unconfirmed -- but the results are consistent with that rumour. (Linux eventually overcomes each such obstacle, e.g., the USB floppy drive.) -- May those that love us love us; and those that don't love us, may God turn their hearts; and if he doesn't turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
