RE: experience with late model laptops?
My experience with sonys, is that they are relatively pretty (not
anywhere near macs though >;) ), but the battery life isn't very good.
Most stuff usually works with linux, although tends to be eratic and
they have no official support (once had a hardware problem, mentioned by
mistake that the exact details were found under linux since I didn't
have the tools under XP and got the imidiate reply that linux isn't
supported and they didn't even bother with the rest of the email).
On the other hand, their support is non existent. Their support team
can't answear an email properly, apart from the template ansear, with
less then three repost and some harsh language, and then they tell you
to call in since they can't solve they problem over email, no matter how
simple.
Then they tell you to send in the laptop for repair, do a poor job, and
do their best to avoid the warranty. They charged me 250$ for what
should have been warranty work last time, and nobody could give an
answear worth anything when I tried to inquire about it.
I have very good experience with IBMs though, although they are not as
pretty, and not the cheapest option.
On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 02:29, Provost, Stephane wrote:
> I've read user comments about this laptop and... the battery life sucks,
> it's slow and badly designed, although very pretty. Bottom line was:
> expensive, pretty, but you won't get the best bank for the bucks.
>
> I don't know where I read those, I think I used google.
>
> HTH.
>
> --S.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xavier Maillard [mailto:xavier.maillard@gnu-rox.org]
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 4:14 PM
> To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: experience with late model laptops?
>
>
>
> What about a PCG-Z1SP sony model ? This is what I am planning to buy in a
> few months (2-3). Does anybody have feedback for this model ?
>
> Thx,
>
> XM
>
> On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:50:25 -0400
> Luc Lefebvre <luc.lefebvre@mcgill.ca> wrote:
>
> > I'm also looking into either Toshiba, Dell, or Apple, to run unstable.
> The main purpose of the machine will be to run comedi <for data acquisition>
> and burn CDs for data archiving. I have experience running Debian potato
> <on desktop> and Woody <on an IBM laptop>. I have been scouring the
> tuxmobil.org website <very informative> and there is one account of an
> install <RH9> on a Tecra S1. I was looking at the Satellite Pro 6100
> <because there appears to be more experience "out there" with it>. You will
> also find some good links related to Toshiba at the bottom of the
> tuxmobil.org/toshiba.html page. The same would apply for Dell <been looking
> at the Inspirion 8500 and the Latitude D800, I emailed them <Dell a question
> some days ago and am still waiting for a response, must say this is wearing
> at my enthousiasm for Dell...>.
> >
> > It would also appear that the Apple hardware is pretty well supported
> <again from what I can glean from tuxmobil penguinppc.org. I'm at the stage
> now where I've read enough to not know what I want anymore...
> >
> > *^\
> >
> > Opinions and esp. advice welcome,
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 12:41:21PM -0400, charlie derr wrote:
> > > I'm about to purchase a new laptop and wondered if anyone
> > > has had any specific success/failures with either of the following:
> > >
> > > Toshiba Tecra S1
> > > 1.4GHz Mobile Intel Pentium M processor w/Centrino, 1GB RAM,
> > > 60GB hard drive, CD-RW/DVD-ROM, 56K, 10/100 Ethernet,
> > > Intel WiFi 802.11b, Windows XP Pro and a 15" UXGA active-matrix display
> > > Graphics Processor Vendor
> > > ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000
> > >
> > > Sony VAIO GRT100
> > > 2.5GHz Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor-M, 512MB,
> > > 60GB hard drive, 24X10X24 CD-RW/8X DVD-ROM, 56K,
> > > 10/100 Ethernet, WiFi 802.11b, Windows XP Pro
> > > and a 15" XGA active-matrix display
> > > Graphics Processor Vendor
> > > NVidia GeForce4 420 Go
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't particularly care about the modem or the wireless,
> > > and I'll probably run sid (unstable) on it, but I was hoping
> > > to get a bit of feedback if there's someone willing to share.
> > >
> > > thanks so very much in advance,
> > > ~c
> > >
> > >
> > >
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