[ale] Linux on new laptops

[Jay Loden]

I will second this. I'm typing this on my Thinkpad T40 now. It's a great 
machine, nice and thin, and runs Linux like a champ. I only run linux or BSD 
so it's a deciding factor when I purchase a machine whether it's supported 
well or not. 

This thinkpad and the previous one I owned (i1200) were both great under 
Linux, even the built-in wireless chips and the function keys for the 
keyboard light, volume control, and so forth. I highly recommend Thinkpads. I 
also was able to pick up this machine for 775 on ebay, so it wasn't too 
pricey for the feature set, and I love it. 

-Jay

On Monday 19 September 2005 12:22 pm, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> Thinkpads are very nice machines. Good Linux support on almost all
> models now. New ones are >$1k, though (off-lease and refurbs at tiger
> direct are <$1k). Apparently there are a lot of happy Toshiba Linux
> users as well. tuxmobile.org/mylaptops.html has a makers list of install
> info by users. Toshiba get consistently high marks fro quality.
>