In a Word: Dell Dell makes the best laptops available and support Linux. You essentially have only one problem here: http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/03/04/itunes-syncing-now-works-in-linux-with-wine/ Banshee http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT7150747782.html On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: > My oldest is heading off to college in the Fall, and she needs to take a > laptop with her. She has used Linux all her life, but only from Gnome, so > Windows, Mac, Linux are all "the same" to her. She is a journalist, not a > computer geek. Anyway, one significant requirement is for iTunes to work > with her iTouch (i.e. buy music and download to her iTouch). I have not been > able to get Wine/iTunes to work with Debian, so I have resorted to a single > Windows computer just for a few games and iTunes at home. > > Any recommendations (1) for laptops and (2) how to keep her using Linux and > not shelling out extra bucks for a Mac, or heaven forbid, a Windows machine? > > Thanks! > > Mark > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- www.obnosis.com (503)754-4452 "Contradictions do not exist." A. Rand