Re: Sony VAIO support, anyone have experience?
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On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:54:02 +0530
L.V.Gandhi <lvgandhi@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have vaio FE series. I could install etch in addition to Vista. Of
> course it needs tweaking. It is available in the net.
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Micha <michf@post.tau.ac.il> wrote:
> > On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 07:59:09 +1300
> > Chris Bannister <mockingbird@earthlight.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 03:32:49PM +0100, Noah Slater wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I am wanting to buy a new laptop primarily to move away from PowerPC so
> > > > that my machine is better supported by a default Debian installation.
> > > >
> > > > I really like the look of the VAIOs but wanted to know if anyone has
> > > > any feedback on how well supported they are. I don't want to be
> > > > patching kernels or hacking my xorg to get things running smoothly.
> > >
> >
> > I don't know how the modern ones are. Had one bought about five years ago
> > and everything was supported at the time.
> >
> > On the other hand the customer support was the worst I ever ran into. I got
> > better support for no name mp3 players bought in the flea market.
> >
> > It had a bad cpu which burned out, after assuring me three times that
> > there was not problem to get warranty repair they charged me 250$ to get a
> > warranty repair and all this time the support shift supervisor constantly
> > avoided me.
> >
> > Couldn't get a single non template reply from the support.
> >
> > A company my dad worked for had an even worse experience with a 5000$ video
> > camera.
> >
> > I would suggest avoiding them like fire in a swamp full of acid. Go with
> > thinkpads (X or T series, not lenovo c or n series) or dells.
> >
> > > Huh? I think you might be using the wrong distribution. Are you
> > > confusing hacking with configuring?
> > >
> > > > Wireless would be nice too, preferably without using non-free software.
> > >
> > > That depends on the chipset. Maybe look for a laptop without built in
> > > wireless and buy a "supported" pcmcia card?
> > >
> > > There are some websites which can help you decide whether a particular
> > > laptop has any gotchas with Linux, google on "laptop linux"
> > >
> >
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