Toshiba makes good HW…nothing extraordinary, but good enough and cheap enough for most people, and if they go for linux pre-installed, it’d be a good thing :)

Thanks for the pointer to the article :)

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/05/03/toshiba-considers-installing-linux-on-notebooks/

The one thing I haven’t been able to convert when it comes to my clients is CADing…there’s no decent AutoCAD substitute out there, at least none I’ve ever found, that professional CADers will accept.

Outside of that…there’s nothing that I can’t do better on linux than windows…specially when it comes to the network security work that is my main bread and butter.

I actually installed WinXP under vmware a few days ago, ’cause I wanted to test mt-daapd’s compatibility with iTunes for a client (who treats his employees like if they were his kids and wants to have a central mp3 repository so they don’t fill up all of his desktops with mp3s), and…I am still amazed that people can do actual useful stuff on that thing. Then again, I know I’m an atypical user, but still…user friendly? No way, not for me.

Can you imagine? A linux laptop where everything works out of the box?!?

Nope, I cannot. I like Linux, but I wouldn’t keep it as a primary OS on my laptop or desktop. If I need some Linux tools I boot my lappy from Knoppix (topns of useful stuff) and after that, I’m back to Windows.

Then again…I’ve also had to have multi-day wars with some laptops lol!

But yes…a 100% fully-functioning laptop with linux pre-installed sounds like a dream come true :)

I shiver a little thinking about it!

Heck, I’ve installed linux on a lot of laptops over the past decade — some of them were even my daily drivers. But each one had some sort of battle that needed to be won (ok, 5+ years ago that was usually related to wifi… but still).

Dude, this would make me think about getting a Dell.