On Thu, October 2, 2014 7:16 am, Johan Vermeulen wrote:
>
> op 02-10-14 11:33, wwp schreef:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 11:01:19 +0200 Johan Vermeulen
>> <jvermeulen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> op 02-10-14 09:01, wwp schreef:
>>>> Hello Frank,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 1 Oct 2014 22:57:30 -0600 Frank Cox
>>>> <theatre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Today I found myself in need of a laptop to run Centos on. And that
>>>>> simple statement led to an all-day odyssey.
>>>> [snip]
>>>>> Since it has now become amazingly difficult to get a laptop if you're
>>>>> not planning to use Windows, at least around here, I'm wondering what
>>>>> the rest of you fine folks do when it comes to purchasing a laptop?
>>>>> Next time this comes up, I'd rather not have to spend all day on
>>>>> something that used to take fifteen minutes.
>>>> Dell Latitude series, from the old D810 to more recent E65xx ones.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> when buying laptops I try to avoid Ati/Radeon cards, because of pas
>>> issues.
>>> But maybe it would be all right now.
>>>
>>> Definitely no Broadcom wireless.
>>> No Lenovo because of id/pairing protected cards.
>>> In short, I look for laptops with as many Intel parts as possible.
>>>
>>> Although it is true that Amd is a lot of power for a buck.
>> What's wrong w/ Broadcom wireless? Works fine here (Broadcom
>> Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)), even
>> if I had to install their driver (it's well documented on the CentOS
>> wiki).
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
With Dell laptops I pay special attention to get Intel wireless (as much
as I hate intel for video chip I love Intel for their wireless chip), I'm
definitely allergic to broadcom wireless from the very beginning. I do
avoid Compaq (and HP since compaq was bought by them): they hard code in
BIOS IDs of "approved" cards - it least compaq did it to me once, I had to
dump BIOS, use hex editor to add Intel wireless card ID to replace with is
broadcom crap - way back (yes, I had to unsolder PPROM chip from system
board for that). It was the same Compaq that did, as some remember "clean
room" --> IBM PC compatible. I too decided recently to stay away from
Lenovo in a future, reading this thread confirms it. I'm staying away from
Sony; they release very short series of models, do small tweaks, ... you
never know what you will get inside, no way to rely on experience
published by others. Also I saw Sony fail more often (few people around
buy them for themselves).
My $0.02
Valeri
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Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
University of Chicago
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