I sort of wish they'd get out of the software business-- you wouldn't
buy a Windows laptop or a Linux laotop, but rather a machine that
boots, and runs the vendor's self-test, then waits for a boot disc.
If the people who wanted Vista on their laptop had to install it just
as much as the people who wanted Slackware do, then all of a sudden:
1. Their support costs drop 90%-- the only things they really have to
handle are DOA hardware.
2. The Windows tax becomes obvious.
3. Preinstalled-software inertia becomes less of an issue.
(OpenOffice would get installed more if MS Office, or worse yet, its
free trial versiopn, wasn't preinstalled)
4. No more crapware.
-----Original Message-----
From: der.hans <
PLUGd@LuftHans.com>
To: Main PLUG discussion list <
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Sent: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 8:42 pm
Subject: Re: OT: notebook shopping
Am 20. Apr, 2008 schwätzte Cat Chapman so:
> I'm using a system76 laptop to post this. They make Linux lappies,
and
> so far I've had nothing but great things with this machine.
> Check them out at http://system76.com
By going with sytem76 or something else purchased with GNU/Linux we can
get support for GNU/Linux.
At this point I do not intend to buy any computers that don't come with
GNU/Linux pre-installed and supported.
I almost had to seriously consider getting a new laptop a couple of
weeks
ago, so this is a current topic for me. I still needed the new
workstation
and didn't consider anything that didn't come with GNU/Linux
pre-installed.
I will play with Foresight when my KPC comes in,
http://us.shuttle.com/Home.aspx, but I will shrink it down as a reserve
with Ubuntu as my primary OS :). Shuttle is advertising compiz with the
intel graphics chip. I expect good support. Maybe I'll run Foresight in
a
VM.
I want the computer manufacturers to push the hardware industry for
specs and Free Software drivers. That isn't going to happen if we
don't intentionally and specifically purchase something with GNU/Linux
pre-installed.
I would expect good support for suspend and all of the hardware for a
laptop with GNU/Linux pre-installed. I likely wouldn't care about the
modem, so I won't guarantee that I'd test every single component :).
The $700 system76 system comes with an intel graphics chip, so it
should
have good X support since intel has been providing us with specs for a
while.
It's also got a dual-core CPU, so virtual machines should have lots of
resources available.
4 GB of RAM should be plenty. Well, for now anyway :). It's double what
I
could get on the desktop.
ciao,
der.hans
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