Re: [PLUG] Linux Compatible Laptop

[Morgan <morgan@morganjones.org>]

Oh, That's a Lenovo Thinkpad t60.  As a point of reference, mine was 
$2300 shipped to my door.  That's spec'ed pretty nicely.  It's my 
primary computer and I travel a fair amount.

I bought my sister an r60 just last week.  From the reviews I read it's 
very close to the t60 for less.  The t60 is the industrial grade option.

I also wanted to mention http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T60

-morgan



Morgan wrote:
> I bought a t60 earlier this year.  I'd give the laptop a 10 for build 
> quality, size and weight.  It's the best mid-sized (14" screen, cd 
> drive, full sized keyboard) laptop I've owned bar none.  It also fits in 
> an InCase Apple 13" laptop sleeve.  The track pad is awesome.
>
> I had a Dell D600 as a point of comparison.  Before that I had a Micron 
> Transport LT.
>
> I'd give it about an 8 or 9 for Linux support.  The wireless is so-so. I 
> just use PCMCIA card.  It sleeps but only wakes up 2/3 times. Basically 
> everything else works fine.
>
> Bluetooth works but I haven't done much with it other than probe for 
> devices.
>
> Google around, there are a number of how-tos.  I'm running fc5.
>
> I'll be happy to answer specific questions if you have any.
>
> -morgan
>
>
>
> W. Chris Shank wrote:
> > My laptop is nearing the end of it's life. 3rd hard drive, wireless 
> > starting to get flakey, and now the lid clip is broken so i've got 
> > velcro holding down the screen down during transport. It's servered me 
> > well and surprisingly all the hardware Just Works with Linux, but it's 
> > time to get a new one before it dies completely. So I'm starting the 
> > search. Linux compatibility is my highest requirement. Second is 
> > screen size, followed by weight (lower is better). I realize the last 
> > 2 requirements are almost mutually exclusive.
> >
> > Anyone have any good recomendations? I always heard the IBMs were 
> > pretty good and compatible, but now that Lenovo is in full swing with 
> > them, is that still true? I'd consider Apple, but it seems like they 
> > are very expensive. How well does Linux dual boot on them? My current 
> > laptop is an Asus whitebook. I'm considering staying with Asus, but 
> > I'm not sure how compatible they are now. Just wondering what others 
> > are using.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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