[Preston] ThinkPads -- was: Re: First Tues of month meeting.

[Richard Smedley]

> As far as laptops are concerned I have only had experience of 2:-
> 1) An IBM Thinkpad 390E. This is very well supported for Linux and
> even the power management business works on this machine e.g. changing
> behavior when running off the battery, auto powering down safely when
> battery is low etc.
> I think the original IBM laptops are very well supported with GNU
> software and they are built to be bulletproof. Only problem is its a
> little long in the tooth.

I have more than a dozen ThinkPads - support is excellent for GNU/Linux,
*BSD, Haiku, and even, on some models, Plan9.

Mac laptops are pretty, and run Debian well, but IBM ThinkPads last
forever (note I don't have any of the Lenovo models - my newest is an
X41).

If price is no problem, new models are available with pre-installed GNU 
from LinuxEmporium.co.uk

 - Richard


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