Hi, I decided to go with a Dell vostro 3350, which is a 13 inch display, core I5 2.4 ghz, 4 gb ram 320 gb hdd (7200 rpm I believe), and an 8 cell battery which is reasonably big! Linux compatibility is fantastic just about everything worked out of the box except the broadcom wifi, which I believe required non-free modules. Once these were installed, wifi is functioning well. Battery life is excellent, about 5 hrs but even more when I turn my screen off (I'm blind). The only thing that doesn't work is the finger print scanner, but this really isn't much of a problem for me, although it would be pretty cool if it was supported one day. Haven't tested webcam or internal mic... So thanks very much for all the advice provided... Cheers, Dan On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 09:57:06AM +1000, Jason White wrote:
Daniel Dalton <d.dalton@iinet.net.au> wrote:
I checked out a few of the lenovo thinkpads (T series I believe, but could be wrong) and these were way outside of my budget. I also investigated the hp envy, but this seemed to have poor battery life.
Mine is a Lenovo X200: it is one of the smaller laptops, but includes a dual-core Intel CPU and 2Gb of memory. You might be able to obtain this or a similar model cheaply from a used laptop dealer. I am sure there are others on the list who can make more specific recommendations.
I have also heard positive reports regarding the Linux compatibility of Dell laptops, which might be worth investigating further. This is not to say that they are all supported, of course. You need to check carefully before making a purchase. This site may be useful: http://www.linux-laptop.net/
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