Re: Best "new" laptop
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>>>>> "Heather" == Heather <star@starshine.org> writes:
Heather> For example, the only vendor-supported open source winmodem is
Heather> IBM's.
True enough. I agree that IBM's Linux support is probably better than most
vendors (although IIRC Dell offers Linux pre-installed on some of their
models). And if I weren't on a student's budget, I'd probably have gotten one
instead of my Toshiba. Just don't expect a ThinkPad to automatically work with
Linux.
Heather> You won't find a laptop that's an S/390, but there's linux for it,
Heather> and I doubt that would have happened without some cooperation.
IIRC, IBM's server and PC operations are different divisions. Their server
division seems to be fairly good with Linux. But I don't think you can even
get their PC division to send you a machine without Windows pre-installed.
Heather> hmm. I do care somewhat about battery life. if passive matrix
Heather> use less energy, and the screen quality is good enough, I might go
Heather> for it. Anyone know if the difference is significant to the
Heather> battery?
Actually, I seem to recall active matrix being easier on the battery, because
it takes less energy to activate a pixel due to the transistor layer. I'd have
to double check on this, though.
Hubert
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