[K12OSN] System76

["Terrell Prudé Jr."]

I'd ditch the nVidious graphics if at all possible and go for laptops
that have Intel video.  If anything, that should make it cost *less*. 
You're right; purchase price cannot be the only determining factor. 
You've also got to ask yourself how much it's going to cost you in time
to make some nVidious or Broadcom crap actually work with GNU/Linux. 
That time expenditure can, as I found, be very significant indeed.

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Timothy Hart wrote:
> The prices on system76 don't seem that crazy. Maybe I just haven't
> compared enough, but looks pretty good to me. Built in camera, nVidia
> 256MB graphics, non broadcom wireless. I didn't think I was crazy when
> I thought Dell wasn't doing it yet. I did have a D610 running Mepis
> and a couple other distros. Took me a while to get the wireless going
> but it worked eventually.
>
> Paul, I have no problem with a company making a profit. Far from it. I
> just like it when companies embrace open source as a business model.
> Yes, Dell is "finally" getting on board. I don't want to get hosed on
> price, but it isn't the only thing I am looking for. That is why I am
> wondering about what others think.
>
> Tim
>
> On 5/7/07, *Jonathan Carter* <jonathan at ubuntu.com
> <mailto:jonathan at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Timothy
>
>     Timothy Hart wrote:
>     > Has anyone ever used any of the laptops from system76
>     > (http://system76.com). I need a new Linux laptop and heard about
>     them on
>     > the Linux Action Show. Wondering if anyone has had some first
>     hand (or
>     > second or third) knowledge about them. Thanks.
>
>     I've met quite a few System76 laptop users this week (here at the
>     Ubuntu
>     developers summit in Spain), and everyone I've met who has one is
>     quite
>     happy with their system. The hardware really doesn't look too bad
>     either, compared to other decent laptop brands.
>
>     -Jonathan
>
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