[NTLUG:Discuss] Laptop recommendations?

[Daniel Hauck]

I always recommend Dell because their business level support is still
best as far as I am concerned. ALWAYS get the gold level warranty with
on^site service and accidental damage coverage. "Things happen" to
laptops. Another thing I would do is buy the smallest hard drive with
Windows installed and then go to NewEgg to buy the drive you want to put
Linux on... or dual boot Windows and Linux if you must. the original
drive should be kept pristine for support purposes should you ever need
it. It just helps to have certain ducks in a row to enable support
situations to process smoothly.

If we were talking about Desktop machines, I wouldn't worry about any of
that stuff, but in the case of laptops, it's a rather different story.
Also, get a "business" laptop, not a consumer laptop as certain support
options are not available to certain models and series. So go for
Latitude or Precision line Dells.

The main reason I like Dell is the easy availability of parts through
sources and sources like eBay or local liquidators. My frustration
levels have been the lowest with Dell.


(2009年08月11日 11:02), Dennis Daupert さんは書きました:
> I'm in the market for a new laptop. Through my employer I have
> access to some deals with vendors: Lenova, HP, Dell for a few weeks, so
> it would be nice if I could find something along those lines that work
> with Linux without too much fiddling (as in, things work out of the
> box). I've searched sites like www.linux-laptop.net, but it seems the
> sales I have access to don't include older machines, and the linux
> laptop sites don't yet have reports on the newer stuff.
>
> I'm looking for large screen (16 - 17"), good battery life (3 - 4+
> hrs). I want take along on photo shoots and interviews, dump photos and
> mp3's to the laptop, and do some graphics and sound manipulation. I've used a number of distros, but have mostly used Kubuntu and Debian the past couple of years. 
>
>
> Does anyone have experience with any newer machines that might fill the bill?
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