[plug] Which brand of laptop?

[Marcos Raúl Carot Collins]

Is it possible to buy a lenovo laptop without OS?

Cheers!

Marcos

2008/8/18 Paul Dean <paul at thecave.ws>:
> Hi all,
>
> Just to clarify a couple of things with Lenovo, Yes Lenovo did buy the PC/Laptop division, but they are still bound buy IBM as design and style.
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> You will find Lenovo laptops are IBM thinkpads, and will stay this way cos IBM designs and builds them, Lenovo just puts their badge on them.
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> I know what you your going to say next, "How do you know this?", well we(the company I work for) are an IBM partner and we sell alot of IBM/Lenovo Servers/PC/Laptops and need to know our products.
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> If you are looking for a good laptop, try the "T" series ie T60p or T61, lots of wiki support and true separate ram for you video card.
>
> I'm currently running Ubuntu 8.04 on a T60p, std install with E17, all my hardware works, ie bluetooth/wireless/hdaps/biometric finger reader/sleep and hibernation very well.
>
> Nice 1680x1050 wide screen, I get 150fps in Q4 @ 1024x900, dvd playback is nice and smooth and I can watch a whole movie with out being on charge. The battery gives me 3hrs+, and I'm using it constantly.
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> Thanks
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> Paul Dean.
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> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:14:14 +0800
> Jason Nicholls <jason at mindsocket.com.au> wrote:
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>>> > These are the things I need on this laptop:
>>> > 1- big enough hard drive to have both linux and windows
>>> > 2- keyboard with a number pad at the right (if possible)
>>>
>>> Not sure if anyone has already mentioned this, but Lenovo (IIRC)
>>> recently launched one with all the features you want and as it's an
>>> ibm it probably covers feature 5, too.
>>
>>Yeah the 17" W-series model has a keypad, but that laptop is pretty big.
>>And FYI Lenovo is a separate company to IBM, they bought the consumer PC
>>division a long time ago. i.e. Lenovo's are Lenovo's.
>>
>>> > 5- I also need a stress-free installation process - I have
>>> > had several attempts of installing linux and not many
>>> > successes
>>
>>And I don't think this is necessarily the case. There is frequently
>>issues using the latest tech and linux on laptops. If you're about to
>>make a decision I'd do a bit of a search around to see if anyone else
>>has successfully got it going (the typical issues are around video,
>>audio, wireless, and suspend).
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>>Jason.
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> Paul Dean.
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