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From: Daniel Dalton on 2 Dec 2009 07:00 Hi All, I'm looking to buy a knew laptop. I have been recommended by a few people to look at the Lenovo thinkpad X 200 and t 400/500. What are your thoughts on these systems? What is positive, what is negative? What other brands should I consider Del and HP don't seem to be as powerful as these Lenovos, but maybe I'm wrong. What should I consider with good linux support (debian)? I'm looking at a 12.1 inch system, but am also happy to buy a 14 inch. I will need something with dual core 2ghz+ cpu and 2 gb+ ram. I also may run virtual machines too. Any advice is greatly appreciated. -- Cheers, Dan http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/
From: Russell Coker on 2 Dec 2009 08:00 On Wed, 2 Dec 2009, Daniel Dalton <d.dalton(a)iinet.net.au> wrote: > I'm looking to buy a knew laptop. I have been recommended by a few > people to look at the Lenovo thinkpad X 200 and t 400/500. What are your > thoughts on these systems? What is positive, what is negative? I've been happily using Debian on Thinkpads for just over 11 years now. > What other brands should I consider Dell and HP don't seem to be as > powerful as these Lenovos, but maybe I'm wrong. What should I consider > with good linux support (debian)? I'm looking at a 12.1 inch system, but > am also happy to buy a 14 inch. I will need something with dual core > 2ghz+ cpu and 2 gb+ ram. I also may run virtual machines too. Nowadays the vast majority of hardware just works. The biggest issues seems to be in Wireless and high-end video support. Video is the main thing to worry about as you can always use a USB Wireless device while waiting for the built-in hardware to be supported. Don't get a Dell unless you like a really shiny screen. -- russell(a)coker.com.au http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Main Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Jochen Schulz on 2 Dec 2009 09:30 Daniel Dalton: > > I'm looking to buy a knew laptop. I have been recommended by a few > people to look at the Lenovo thinkpad X 200 and t 400/500. What are your > thoughts on these systems? What is positive, what is negative? My Thinkpad X200 is approaching its first birthday and I really love it. If you can afford it, it is a really good choice and well worth the price. The only drawback is that you probably won't have that much fun running stable on it, because I don't think stable supports the graphics chip yet. Wifi may be a problem as well (depending on the exact model). But sid works very well on my X200. J. -- Ultimately, the Millenium Dome is a spectacular monument of the doublethink of our times. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
From: John W Foster on 2 Dec 2009 15:40 -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Dalton <d.dalton(a)iinet.net.au> To: luv-main <luv-main(a)luv.asn.au> Cc: debian-user <debian-user(a)lists.debian.org> Subject: The purchase of a new laptop on debian Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 22:56:08 +1100 Hi All, I'm looking to buy a knew laptop. I have been recommended by a few people to look at the Lenovo thinkpad X 200 and t 400/500. What are your thoughts on these systems? What is positive, what is negative? What other brands should I consider Del and HP don't seem to be as powerful as these Lenovos, but maybe I'm wrong. What should I consider with good linux support (debian)? I'm looking at a 12.1 inch system, but am also happy to buy a 14 inch. I will need something with dual core 2ghz+ cpu and 2 gb+ ram. I also may run virtual machines too. Any advice is greatly appreciated. ------------------REPLY------------------------ I dont often buy systems, I build my own, but laptops are not a DIY project. I have been shopping for a new laptop to use in my work & what someone told me to do was: burn a Ubuntu live disk & take it with me when shopping. Thats what I did & if the machine runs the 'live disk' then I know I can install debian on it. May take a bit of effort but I know that it will work. -- John Foster -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Daniel Dalton on 2 Dec 2009 20:30
On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 02:34:36PM -0600, John W Foster wrote: > I dont often buy systems, I build my own, but laptops are not a DIY > project. I have been shopping for a new laptop to use in my work & what > someone told me to do was: burn a Ubuntu live disk & take it with me > when shopping. Thats what I did & if the machine runs the 'live disk' Good idea -- are they normally happy to let you test? Thanks for your help Dan |