[arch-general] preferred laptops.

[Ed Morgan]

I've got a Dell Latitude D630 from work which I've got Arch on and
everything on that works like a peach. Personally I don't think you can go
wrong with Dell kit, my wife uses my old Inspiron and the only thing on that
that I had minor dramas with was the wireless, that was expected though
(Broadcom wireless card).

I'm running Openbox as my WM, so I couldn't really comment on how it behaves
with Gnome of KDE...
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Ed Morgan

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2009/11/4 Eric Jacobs <eric at redechos.net>

> Hello fello archers..
>
> I've recently been going through a bit of a rough patch with my laptop
> usage.. I had a 15" macbook pro (dual booted with arch linux), which I
> recently sold because I thought it was ugly, the mouse didn't work very
> well, and frankly I was trying to de-appletize myself :)..
>
> I just received my refurbished dell studio 14z and got arch up and running
> on it, but I can't decide if I like it or not.. I haven't gotten used to
> the
> mouse yet. The resolution is less than desirable. (13 something x 7
> something). And there isn't a latch on the lid.. but I do like the size,
> aesthetics, weight, and the keyboard feels nice..
>
> So I'm asking you, if you have a laptop, what kind is it? Does arch run
> pretty well on it (synaptics, sleep/wake, etc.)? What window manager do you
> think works best with the touchpad (I'm using gnome now)?
>
> Any input would be appreciated.
>
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> -Eric Jacobs
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