Re: [linux-audio-user] To MacBook or not to MacBook, that's the question

Toshiba, IBM Thinkpad, Sony have all been fine in my experience. My
Linux laptop experience is limited to Toshiba, where everything just
worked on two different models.

I understand that Sony hardware is not Linux friendly.

Ken Restivo wrote:
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> OK, <exasperated sigh>, I have to ask this:
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> Are there any laptops out there WHICH DO NOT SUCK??!
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> This is very frustrating.
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> It seems as though, no matter what I choose, I will be making a potentially huge mistake. So, this is why I buy nothing.
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> BTW, in the Linux and BSD wireless world a few years ago there was a general consensus that ThinkPads were amazing/fantastic/perfect machines. They were considered the most "road-worthy" and I saw BAWUG guys walking around carrying their open ThinkPads around by the LCD, casually throwing them around like a roadie throws around an SM58, with no ill effects.
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> I had a couple for years (a used 600 and a used 600E) and I just beat the piss out of them. Even though they were made in Italy, I found them to be like the BMW's of laptops. They were engineered to be abused.
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> But, I don't recall hearing a peep about ThinkPads from this group, which leads me to wonder if perhaps they are not suited for audio for some reason or another? Maybe they don't have the latest/greatest dual-core CPU's on them yet? Or maybe IBM's installation of "Treacherous Computing" chips in the things made Linux users steer clear of them?
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> - -ken
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