btw- If youre looking to run Linux exclusively there are a lot more
attractive options. One general observation I've made about hardware
markets and Linux is that a large portion of the consumer price for
major brand names is to cover *support* costs. These costs are for
Windows support costs, mainly for the type of people that require help
locating the *Blue E* to get on the interweb. Most of the people on
this list are not in this category, so why pay for it? A few
companies here and there are offering alternatives to these costs and
offering attractive products for extremely low price points ($300).
You can then take the remaining $1700 and invest it in the stock
market. :)
there was this hullabaloo:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49291844,00.htm
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9292516116.html
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=56501
-jmz
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Jason Hayes <
jason@jasonhayes.org> wrote:
>
> On Sunday 20 April 2008 1:05:57 pm Vaughn Treude wrote:
> > Hello everybody!
> >
> > I'm planning to buy a new notebook,
> <<snipped>>
>
> > Any comments or relevant experiences any of you could share?
> > Thanks,
> > Vaughn
>
>
> Vaughn:
>
> I picked up a Lenovo T61p (Intel 2.2 GHz dual core, Nvidia Quadro FX 570M 256
> MB, 2 Gig Ram, 100 Gig SATA 7200 rpm, DVD burner, 3 USB ports, 15.4", card
> reader) just before Christmas and have enjoyed it from the word go.
>
> I had some initial issues with wireless on my Mandriva 2008.0 system, but just
> upgraded to 2008.1 spring and the issue disappeared (driver-related).
>
> No problems with any of the other hardware. I also purchased the ThinkVision
> L194 widescreen LCD monitor and the docking station (plus a few other
> accessories keyboard, mouse, SATA drive bay adapter) at the same time.
>
> I picked all of that up for about $2200.
>
> Side note, I was foolish enough to get the Vista version, instead of XP (they
> wouldn't sell it without Windows but they did offer XP). I set it up for dual
> boot and also run VirtualBox with an XP virtual machine. The Vista system
> won't run updates, it just starts downloading and hangs at 0%. I use it so
> infrequently that I haven't bothered to spend the time figuring out why.
>
> This machine is a good deal smaller than my previous Acer 1804, so carrying it
> for business is a LOT easier. Battery life is around 2 to 2.5 hours which is
> about double the life of either of my previous Acers.
>
> Overall, I am pretty happy with the Lenovo.
>
> HTH
> Jason Hayes
>
>
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