notebook decision?

[Wei-Yee Chan]

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http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux_laptops.html

Regards,

Wei-Yee Chan
http://chanweiyee.blogspot.com


Kristian Rink wrote:
> Folks;
>
> I'm in the lucky situation of being allowed to buy a new business
> notebook for my everyday work, which will be running edgy (to host my
> eclipse based JEE development environment as well as a bunch of
> administrative tools).
>
> By now, our hardware vendor has offered two different devices yet they
> don't know at all about Linux compatibility as they usually just "sell"
> hardware (with Windows pre-installed):
>
>
> - First one is a MaxData Pro 8100 IWS , which would have the advantage
> that our hardware vendor could sell this as "hardware only", without
> having "Windows tax" included.
>
>
> - Second one is a Toshiba Tecra A8 , which would by my boss' first
> choice as people around here got used to Toshiba machines and are pretty
> happy with them.
>
>
> So, short question: Does anyone around here have any sort of Linux
> experiences with any of the two devices? Which of the two machines
> should I want to prefer, which one should I try staying away from?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any hints! :)
> Kris
>

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