[plug] laptop

[Fred Janon]

I can't really give you any feedback on running Linux on either laptops
but I had a laptop from Sony and I even ran into problems installing a
regular version of Windows on it. They come with a Sony customized
Windows and proprietary hardware. Even the Windows drivers for their
CD-ROM/RW drives are not public. I imagine that they would not make
public any H/W info to write Linux Open Source drivers. My experience
with their service was pretty bad. I paid a lot more money for the Sony
laptop than another brand and didn't get much more that the slick
design and the brand name.

Apple laptops are still more expensive than the competition but now
with the Intel procs you can even run OS X and Windows. The Apple
service is very good in my experience and LOTS of people do Linux
things with them. I see a lot of people doing Web development on them.
When I have enough money, I'll probably buy one for my business.

Fred


--- Adam Hewitt <adam.h at staff.iinet.net.au> wrote:

> Sorry for replying to my own post, however I just thought about the
> new MacBook/MacBook Pro range which also seem to suit my requirements
> perfectly. Has anyone bought one of these? 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
> Behalf Of Adam Hewitt
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 8:08 PM
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: [plug] laptop
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I am about to start employment with a new company and have been given
> the opportunity to choose my own laptop. Obviously I don’t want to
> push my luck, however I was offered the suggestion of a Sony Vaio SZ
> which seems to be perfect. I will be working remotely, as the head
> office is in Sydney, so having a built in webcam for video
> conferencing is good and I have read good things about the Intel Core
> Duo. I have done some searching on google and I have found some
> semi-old articles relating to getting Ubuntu working on these laptops
> with average results (www.emperorlinux.com sell it preinstalled with
> linux so everything must work to some degree), but it wasn't with a
> lack of effort.
> 
> Does anyone have any personal stories with this laptop, or any
> suggestions for equivilent laptops?
> 
> Adam.
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