Re: experience with late model laptops?
On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 11:10, Yves Rutschle wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 08:16:01PM +0100, Xavier Maillard wrote:
> > Macs ? Cute ? Don't think so.
>
> Troll :p
>
> The question isn't wheather Macs are cute or not, but
> whether cute is good or not.
>
> > My taste for a new notebook are these: centrino, HDD of 40Go (minimum),
> > 256Mo of RAM, good Linux support, good tech team, less than 3000€.
>
> I have nothing to say about support, however Intel's
> behaviour about Linux support on the Centrino would deter me
> from buying from them (especially buying "specifically that
> particular unsupported" architecture), see Werner's recent
> post on the state of the onion:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2003/debian-laptop-200308/msg00041.html
>
> I'm still at a loss as why manufacturers want to make their
> specifications secret... It's like selling a toaster and not
> telling you what buttons to use to toast bread.
I'm guessing that in this case its either M$ fault or that they're
afraid you're going to find out that they have put things in there that
you don't want, like the serial number in the PIII ;)
>
> /Y - what was the best thing before sliced bread?
>
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