[Wylug-help] Is the Lenovo R61 a good choice?

[Roger Beaumont]

Chris Myers wrote:
> I'm considering buying a new laptop. I'm after a well supported & good
> spec model & would appreciate some opinions.
> 
> I have spotted a Lenovo R61 (NF55QUK) from DABS. At £800 It appears to
> have what I need.

Dunno what precision that £800 is, but CCL (up Wakefield Road in Bradford) 
- http://www.cclonline.com/ - has it at £736.27 inc VAT.

FWIW... Somewhat down-market from that, but I've a Lenovo 3000 C100 and 
that seemed to run Linux fine.  My problem was that I wanted it for 
education sector compatibility, which demanded 'Doze, and the 'Doze repair 
stuff, in a hidden partition, refused to work with a disk re-partitioned to 
give Linux a place to live.  I guess that isn't an issue for you.

Hope that helps,

Roger Beaumont