On Sun, 2005-05-08 at 11:05 -0700, lloyd545220-trucker@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > But the warranty is the kicker. I've dropped my laptop > pushing a PCMCIA card right through the Motherboard > which was replaced. I've had the mounting hardware > holding the screen replaced. And I've had the BIOS > battery replaced. All at no cost to me because of that > warranty. I travel all over the country and it doesn't > matter where I am, the warranty has covered the > computer. > > That is why you go with major brands... I have always liked IBM laptops - thinkpads. They have three mouse buttons. I do not know how well current models work with Linux, and they soon will be built by someone other than IBM. My T20 (an older model) works in FC Rawhide with a few issues, sound doesn't work (it does in FC3) at the moment, and virtual consoles don't work if running X11, etc. - hopefully those issues get wrinkled out before FC4. A current IBM laptop though I believe uses different video and different sound chipset (I'm not positive) - I have no idea how well T42 does or does not work with Linux - but I do like the fact that it has three mouse buttons on the laptop, no one else seems to offer that - I don't know why. I *believe* built in wireless on current ibm models requires ndiswrapper, I *think* they use broadcom chipset.
