How good work Fedora in Toshiba Satellite Laptop

ppesci · #1 19th September 2009, 12:10 AM

I am planning to buy a new laptop to run a mission critical system. The system must to work in power failure conditions, 24/365, that is why I think in a laptop.

The Toshiba Satellite Laptop appear to be by much the best purchase, but I don't remember nobody using a Toshiba and Fedora.

Someone has experience or recommendation ?.

TIA

***glennzo*** · #2 19th September 2009, 09:58 AM

I've been using a Toshiba Satellite A205-S4577 for 2 and a half years now, running Fedora on it. No major problems. The system has been very reliable Pietro. Matter of fact, I've had Ubuntu, Debian and a host of other Linux distros on this thing and they all have been great.

ppesci · #3 19th September 2009, 04:40 PM

Thanks glennzo, my fear is because the system must run 24/365, and think that is a hard test for a laptop. Your Toshiba machine have temperature problems?. Do you need some external fan?. Any advice?.

TIA

***glennzo*** · #4 19th September 2009, 09:58 PM

No temp problems that I'm aware of. Knock on wood, this laptop has been rock solid since I took it out of the box and fired it up for the first run.

sidebrnz · #5 19th September 2009, 10:00 PM

Why use a laptop at all? Get a proper server that's designed to run 24/7 and a UPS. Not only will you have something that's designed for the job, it will probably end up costing you less, especially if it doesn't have a keyboard or monitor attached and you admin it via ssh.

ppesci · #6 20th September 2009, 02:09 AM

The cost is he UPS thing. A laptop must stay on by about 4 hours on energy failure. An UPS with 4 hours range is expensive here in Venezuela, but anyway, I will check again.

Thanks glennzo and sidebrnz

sidebrnz · #7 20th September 2009, 02:29 AM

I have a Toshiba laptop, and the battery is rated at three hours, not four. How much better it can do if the screen is turned off I don't know.