<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Jason D. Clinton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:me@jasonclinton.com">me@jasonclinton.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 11:30, Christofer C. Bell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:christofer.c.bell@gmail.com" target="_blank">christofer.c.bell@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">The only vendor I'm aware of that still offers them is Apple, hence why I only use Apple laptops (and would even were I running Windows or Linux exclusively).</div></blockquote></div><div><br>
Except that, if this is going to be a *Linux* laptop you'd be dealing with Alps pointing device, NVidia+Intel hybrid graphics and Broadcom wireless. Why put yourself through that kind of driver pain when laptops with equal design and 1st-class supported hardware are readily available for 20% less?<br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br clear="all">While there may or may not be better supported hardware from a driver perspective in other laptops, the design and construction of PC laptops compared to Macs is embarrassing. Â I can only assume the reason people continue to buy such garbage is that there are simply no alternatives available. Â Even Lenovo machines are awful these days (based on the selection at MicroCenter).<br>
<div><br>-- <br>Chris<br><br><br><br>
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