Re: Good Linux Laptop?

From: Dances With Crows (danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows_at_gmail.com)
Date: 12/13/04 

Date: 13 Dec 2004 19:21:41 GMT

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:09:07 -0000, Alexander Clouter staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
> On 2004-12-13, Bill Waddington <william.waddington@beezmo.com> wrote:
>> [re: AMD64 bang for buck laptop] I still like my ThinkPad, but I
>> won't challenge you to a race any time soon...
> ah, however if there was ever a conkers match between Thinkpads and
> pretty much any other laptop in the world[1], my money would be on the
> Thinkpad :)

For everyone who isn't in .uk, a "conkers match" is when 2 people take 2
conkers (buckeyes, horse chestnuts) and hit them against each other
until one breaks. The conker that breaks first loses. Thinkpads are
fairly rugged, but I don't suggest smacking your laptop into other
laptops to gauge toughness.

> [1] except for those great rugged laptops that Computer Shopper used
> to review

They still exist and most of them work well with Linux; Google
"Panasonic Toughbook". They're expensive, but *very* rugged. Popular
demonstrations include "close laptop screen, jump up and down on laptop,
open screen, continue working" and "pour can of Coke into keyboard, pour
can of water into keyboard, continue working." 

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