This sucks. My next major purchase is going to be a notebook, and I love the quality of the Thinkpad.
I'm a service technician and have worked on virtually every major brand and most of their models of notebook, so I am offering an opinion based on professional experience. I know they are called "stinkpads", but compare the construction quality of a Thinkpad to most others and you may agree with me.
No Linux support, however, is an automatic no-no for me. ANYTHING I use has to run both Linux and `Doze. I don't see any reason why Linux wouldn't run on the Thinkpads, other than the obvious video/sound driver issues. Looks like I'll have to settle for my 2nd favorite, the Compaq Armada series. I don't know if Compaq officially supports Linux, but I've read many FAQ's on the web about success with Linux on them.
The biggest kicker about Notebooks without official Linux support is that you HAVE to pay the Windows Tax...
To be honest, I don't think there is any major branded notebook you can buy "naked" (M$ term). Of course, I have to have `Doze on my notebook, because I want to play games, so it won't bother me that much, but someone buying a notebook to ONLY run Linux shouldn't have to buy a piece of software they don't want or need.
This lowers my estimation of Thinkpads (Score:2)
I'm a service technician and have worked on virtually every major brand and most of their models of notebook, so I am offering an opinion based on professional experience. I know they are called "stinkpads", but compare the construction quality of a Thinkpad to most others and you may agree with me.
No Linux support, however, is an automatic no-no for me. ANYTHING I use has to run both Linux and `Doze. I don't see any reason why Linux wouldn't run on the Thinkpads, other than the obvious video/sound driver issues. Looks like I'll have to settle for my 2nd favorite, the Compaq Armada series. I don't know if Compaq officially supports Linux, but I've read many FAQ's on the web about success with Linux on them.
The biggest kicker about Notebooks without official Linux support is that you HAVE to pay the Windows Tax...
To be honest, I don't think there is any major branded notebook you can buy "naked" (M$ term). Of course, I have to have `Doze on my notebook, because I want to play games, so it won't bother me that much, but someone buying a notebook to ONLY run Linux shouldn't have to buy a piece of software they don't want or need.