Giving up on Linux...

[Jos Vos]

On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 12:24:42PM +0000, Paul wrote:

> Stuff and nonsense. Any laptop will work with Linux. What won't work are
> the winmodems they supply with them. Remember, all a laptop is is a
> normal computer in a small case with more things on a single processor
> to save space.

Winmodems are one issue.

But: will the power management stuff and ACPI work?

But: will the wireless (Centrino!) work?
(Will see how ndiswrapper works when I get mine...)

But: will the graphical chipset work (in the correct resolution)?
(Intel graphics sometimes support BIOS-supported modes, which means
you're stuck with 1024x768 on a 1400x1050 notebook.)

I can prove that this is not true for several laptops (take a model
and Google for install reports, HW specs, etc.) and if you want a
"modern" laptop you will face one or more of these problems.

Are you *really* saying that *any* laptop will work except for
(only) the Winmodem issue?

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