From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Q6QsH-0001LJ-UO for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:14:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D722D1C01C; Sun, 3 Apr 2011 17:12:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kcout02.prserv.net (kcout02.prserv.net [12.154.55.32]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A28671C01C for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2011 17:12:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from agate.binro.org (unknown[89.241.38.110]) by prserv.net (kcout02) with ESMTP id <2011040317124320200i644ge> (Authid: gbinet.atwoodr); Sun, 3 Apr 2011 17:12:43 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [89.241.38.110] Received: from agate.binro.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by agate.binro.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p33HCfCn032720 for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2011 18:12:41 +0100 Received: (from robin@localhost) by agate.binro.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p33HCdZn032683 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 3 Apr 2011 18:12:39 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: agate.binro.org: robin set sender to robin.atwood@attglobal.net using -f From: Robin Atwood To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any bought a laptop that "Just Works"? Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 18:12:32 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.6 (Linux/2.6.38-gentoo; KDE/4.6.1; i686; ; ) References: <201103301931.09419.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> In-Reply-To: <201103301931.09419.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> X-Face: .c^^1Tm5bSr;@/t2T;-0HM`{~wj)F]2C]Zr#!Ig5fi&$LV1E^;5jL{]08F@tj{f3,U(I[9 ;7R4jB8A7|mw7{K\OYFzCL_e/tAb)0_@07[e.}H`OE*na@7m=Op1.s0v3_3*|?#l|XD}n* ARBV@IdaVd!V&bo;Z/TEb}oJi_(}3VOa^tj;$zlk96>K*hb>PYbe6J`'7qh`?m!!/k]ezl _VIifMR#4kg*"'n/S&^4@4: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary-01=_FqKmNrZgtckhiT4" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201104031812.37506.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 3d3163242f5e6bbb447a55269c791bac --Boundary-01=_FqKmNrZgtckhiT4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wednesday 30 March 2011, Robin Atwood wrote: > I am in the market for a new laptop and would be interested if anyone else > on the list had recently bought a laptop in which all the hardware worked > out of the box with Linux. I am most concerned about WiFi/audio/webcam, > the finer points of hibernation are of lesser concern. Currently I have a > "Linux Certified" machine but I want to avoid shipping costs to the UK. Thanks to everyone who replied. The overwhelming choice seems to be a ThinkPad so I have just ordered a T510 with a Core i7, 4GB of 1033 RAM and a 1600x900 screen Now I can't wait for it to be delivered. :) Hopefully this thread will be useful to other users. Cheers -Robin. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Boundary-01=_FqKmNrZgtckhiT4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

On Wednesday 30 March 2011, Robin Atwood wrote:

> I am in the market for a new laptop and would be interested if anyone else

> on the list had recently bought a laptop in which all the hardware worked

> out of the box with Linux. I am most concerned about WiFi/audio/webcam,

> the finer points of hibernation are of lesser concern. Currently I have a

> "Linux Certified" machine but I want to avoid shipping costs to the UK.


Thanks to everyone who replied. The overwhelming choice seems to be a ThinkPad so I have just ordered a T510 with a Core i7, 4GB of 1033 RAM and a 1600x900 screen Now I can't wait for it to be delivered. :)


Hopefully this thread will be useful to other users.

Cheers

-Robin.

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Robin Atwood.


"Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst,

Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst"

from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling

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