[PLUG] Re: pondering thinkpad purchase

[Chip Salzenberg <chip@pobox.com>]

According to John Lavin:
> I'll be blowing away the xp install, and going with debian - just like
> the rest of my computers.  Anyone have experience with this hardware?

My research on the R series earlier this year was very discouraging.
The ACPI kernel support has improved since then, but peripherals like
the modem and perhaps even the 802.11 may not work.  So I avoided the
R30 and got an A30 instead.  It's served me well, though I think IBM
is starting to wimp out on its keyboard design; the A30's keyboard
isn't quite up to IBM's usual standards.

Given adequate Linux support, the checklist is: Keyboard first;
pointing device second; LCD third.  All else is either upgradable
or of little importance.

And definitely stick with the Thinkpad line.  Ignore the heathens who
don't appreciate a TrackPoint's sublime qualities.  (Compaq?!  Bah!)
-- 
Chip Salzenberg               - a.k.a. -               <chip@pobox.com>
"I wanted to play hopscotch with the impenetrable mystery of existence,
    but he stepped in a wormhole and had to go in early."  // MST3K
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