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Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptop recommendation
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Knoppix is 32-bits. Take a *buntu or Fedora 64-bit live CD instead
for today's hardware.
I once bought a laptop from a show, taking a live CD with me to check
it out. It worked (still works), but I wouldn't do it again. There
is no way to know what quality of service the seller will provide.
For something that I use every day, I would only go with a known
vendor or one recommended by someone else.
-- Bhaskar
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:40 AM, David A. Harding <dave@dtrt.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 10:23:48AM -0500, Russ Wenner wrote:
>> I [want] a laptop were everything works out-of-the-box [for] around
>> $1000. What would you recommend?
>
> I take a Knoppix CD to a computer show, find a laptop I want, and ask
> the vendor if I can boot the live CD on the demo laptop. They always say
> yes. If Knoppix supports the features I want, I buy.
>
> Now, the vendors at a local computer show mostly sell refurbished
> laptops, but you may be able to buy a one-year-warranty from the vendor.
>
> Except for my Asus EeePC, I've bought every laptop this way for the last
> seven years, and I assure you, it's a blessing to know *first-hand*
> before you pay that your laptop works with GNU+Linux.
>
> -Dave
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