> Here's a nickel, kid, go buy yourself a Windows XP license. Oh wait, > they don't come that cheap, do they?
Let's see ... is a person with a $7000.00 laptop trying to use a particular OS to save $200.00 ? Derrr ... besides that show me a Toshiba that doesn't already come with Windoze installed. My point was twofold ... a) You wouldn't get this problem with a Toshiba and Windows and if you did you can be sure it would be fixed pretty quickly. Whether you like it or not (and you obviously don't) this highlights one of the weaknesses of Linux. b) Overcoming problems like this is even more difficult because Toshiba won't release specs for their machines and they don't give a rats enough to provide any feedback when people have problems. ie. you can't even email them and expect an answer. Yet they are the biggest laptop producer which highlights another of the weaknesses of Linux. In terms of the cost once you add in the time to solve problems like this in Linux then the TCO of Linux rises considerably. And this sort of illustrates the bubble that some people are living in when they don't realise what these costs are. Finally for the record. I will try harder to convince the company I work for to examine IBM laptops more seriously before they purchase any more laptops for people using Linux. BUT ... from what I've seen on the net even they aren't free from errors when deploying Linux. Wilson _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
