[ltp] Recommend a Linux Laptop

[Alex Deucher]

On 10/16/06, sudhakar+thinkpad@cs.princeton.edu
<sudhakar+thinkpad@cs.princeton.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> My dell laptop died and I am thinking of getting a thinkpad.  I had a
> thinkpad previously, wrote about it here:
>
> http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/linux/linux-thinkpad.html
>
>
>
> Ideally I want to order R60 because its cheap. I read the reviews and
> everything seems to work. The only thing I am not sure about is the
> display. Does anyone want to take a guess on this? The choices are:
>
> Display / Graphics
> 15" XGA (1024x768), Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
> [standard]
> 14.1" SXGA+ (1400x1050), Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
> [add $25.00*]
> 14.1" SXGA+ (1400x1050), 64MB ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 [add $75.00*]
> (only available with T2500 processor)
> 15" SXGA+ (1400x1050), Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
> [add $75.00*]
> (not available with Celeron processor)
> 15" SXGA+ (1400x1050), 128MB ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 HyperMemory [add
> $225.00*]
> (only available with T2500 processor)
>
>
> I am thinking of taking the X1300 radeon because atleast I have binary
> drivers from the vendors. I am not so sure about Intel.
>

Intel is probably your best bet for good X drivers.  They are actively
developing open source drivers for their chips and developing the
generic infrastructure to bring new features to X in general (xrandr
1.2, etc).

Alex

>
> Alternatively, if you have recently bought a (more expensive) thinkpad and
> can tell me that you had a good experience, I would be  quite happy to try
> and buy that.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
> Sudhakar.
>
>
>
>
>
> Sudhakar Govindavajhala                   Department of Computer Science
>                       Princeton University
> Ph : +1 609 258 1763
>                  http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar