[ltp] Re: Thinking of leaving Thinkpads

Daniel Castro linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:49:25 +0100


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and they are still well built
they can take a beating
true, batteries are not what they used to be...
but they still last 4-5+ years

On 30 March 2010 02:59, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

> > There seem to be lots of problems installing Linux
> > in more recent Thinkpads.
>
> No, it's just that this forum is collecting the few problems that may
> show up, so you get a very biased sample.  Overall Thinkpads are still
> among the better choices when it comes to GNU/Linux support for
> laptops AFAIK.
>
>
>        Stefan
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 are not what they used to be...<br>but they still last 4-5+ years<br><br><=
div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 30 March 2010 02:59, Stefan Monnier <span dir=
=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:monnier@iro.umontreal.ca">monnier@iro.umontr=
eal.ca</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class=3D"im"=
>&gt; There seem to be lots of problems installing Linux<br>
&gt; in more recent Thinkpads.<br>
<br>
</div>No, it&#39;s just that this forum is collecting the few problems that=
 may<br>
show up, so you get a very biased sample. =A0Overall Thinkpads are still<br=
>
among the better choices when it comes to GNU/Linux support for<br>
laptops AFAIK.<br>
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 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Stefan<br>
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