Return Of Lazyweb, Incomplete Sentences
Been busy. Can’t say anything about what I’ve been doing (confidentiality agreements blah). Kinda sucks.
Looking for a new laptop. All hardware must be supported by some variant on the Linux kernel (this also includes things like suspend-to-RAM and suspend-to-disk). Must be in “desktop replacement” class; I don’t stay in one place long enough for a desktop to be of much use. Driver support: binary-blob-free drivers are greatly preferred, but I can live with binary blobs if the alternatives are sufficiently undesirable. Other technical requirements: 15.4" WUXGA screen.
Current candidates:
- system76 Serval Professional. Good loadout, has small-company warm-fuzzies, and has received good reviews on the interwebs, but definitely on the expensive side ($2132 with my preferred configuration, which is pretty close to Apple-style insanity). Other than that, no real gripes.
- Lenovo Thinkpad W500. Cheaper, but not sure if everything works with the Linux kernel. The Thinkpad T61p, which is the W500’s predecessor, did have Linux-compatible hardware, though, so things might be okay. Also uses an ATI FireGL chip, which is more likely to have open-source drivers available than anything from NVIDIA. But any Linux system on the W500 is completely unsupported by Lenovo, which is not the case with system76.
Welcoming other suggestions. I’d rather not buy from Dell, because they have a legendary history of screwing their customers.