Buying a New Laptop

[thomas at redhat.com]

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On 04/22/2011 01:14 PM, Jason D. Clinton wrote:
> Anticipate pain with the 550M. It will work eventually but you'll likely
> need to run a beta release of a distro to even get working 2D support.

+1

I'm going to reiterate what I said earlier, and I think what Jason
alluded to as well.

Go with Intel for everything you can. NIC, wireless and video all Just
Work(TM).  It's not sexy, but super functional.

Even if you go with a lower cost laptop, don't put yourself through the
hassle of screwing around with non-F/OSS drivers for those components.
The money you "saved" on the front end will be decimated by the cost of
lost time trying to tinker your laptop into half-assed, cobbled-together
functionality.
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