Re: Laptop advice

["Stephen Adler" <user=65@nabble.blu.org>]

 Get a macbook and install vmware fusion... 

John Abreau wrote: 
> I've had the best luck with Thinkpads; I've always found them to work well with 
> Linux. I had some problems once with a T41 where Ubuntu wouldn't recognize 
> some of the hardware, but when I reinstalled with Fedora, everything worked 
> out of the box with no extra tweaking. 
> 
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> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Suman <[hidden email]> wrote: 
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>> Hi all, 
>> 
>> I am planning to phase out my old laptop and buy a new one. I consider 
>> myself an expert linux user (I use mostly command line and browser) 
>> and am looking for laptops that are good for college students( I am a 
>> grad student at brown) and support linux. 
>> 
>> I need the following things from a laptop: 
>> 
>> Wireless and Bluetooth (wireless keyboard and mouse) 
>> Built-in cam and mic (for video chat) 
>> A "non-glossy" high resolution screen 
>> Portable with Good battery life. 
>> No need to have fantastic gaming capabilities, but should be able to 
>> run simple graphics applications. 
>> HDMI/S-Video (to watch TV) 
>> 
>> I have the following options: 
>> 
>> Dell XPS 1550.(Glossy Screen) 
>> IBMThinkpad T61. (non glossy screen but no multimedia options) 
>> Acer M50v series.(Glossy screen) 
>> Macbook pro(expensive) 
>> Power notebooks (http://www.powernotebooks.com/) 
>> 
>> I would be glad to know: 
>> 1) Your experiences using linux on any of these. 
>> 2) Does powernotebooks have decent linux support? 
>> 3) Is there something I can do to make the glossy screen, non-glossy? 
>> 4) Any non-mainstream companies, that sell linux laptops at a reasonable price? 
>> 5) Please point out anything I may be missing. 
>> 
>> While I am at it, how well-supported are tablet PCs on linux? If one 
>> is a command line user, will a tablet PC make my life any better than 
>> a laptop? 
>> 
>> Thanks for your time, 
>> -S- 
>> 
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