[ale] laptop advice needed

[Robert Coggins]

I am not as big of a fan of the inspiron line as I am the latitudes.
Latitudes seem to hold up much better in my opinion.

I am running a Lenovo T61 with Ubuntu and it works well.

Robert

Brian Pitts wrote:
> Richard Bronosky wrote:
>> The only Linux laptop advice I can give is buy one that comes with
>> some form of linux. Otherwise you're likely to spend months on
>> sleep/suspend, wireless, and video issues. It doesn't have to come
>> with your distro of choice. If the OEM got Linux to work, so can you.
>>
> 
> You have to be careful. Sometimes the OEM has little experience with
> linux and didn't really get it to work. Just google for eee pc wireless
> and look at the complaints.
> 
> I think Dell has done a good job supporting Ubuntu on their laptops. You
> can get the Inspiron 15N ($374), Mini 9 ($264), or 1330N ($834) with an
> integrated webcam. You can configure the 15N pretty nicely for around $500.
> 
> http://dell.com/ubuntu
> 
> All the best,
> Brian Pitts
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