What Brand Of Laptop Would Work Better With Fedora

[JAGS]

I have Fedora 15 Running on my Desktop pc. and i had Fedora 11 running in an old ibm think pad. but it broke down i think its the hard drive. i was going to replace it but i decided to spend more money and buy a new one. I Have check online for a few good deals now that is end of financial year. i got a few in mind but considering i dont want to go back to windows i need to make sure they are compatible with fedora since they dont say that. i was wondering if you guys can advice me or guide me to make my decision.

http://www.laptop.com.au/Laptops/Not...duct_info.html

http://www.laptop.com.au/p603/Toshib...aptop/notebook[/HTML]/product_info.html

http://www.cworld.com.au/product_info.php?ID=174766

Dell 1

Processor AMD Dual-Core E-350 Accelerated Processor - with Internal DVB-T TV Tuner
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Display 11.6" (29.5cm) HD WLED Display with TrueLife™ (1366 x 768)
Memory2 4GB2 DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz
Hard Drive 320GB3 hard drive (7200RPM)
Warranty 1Yr Carry-In Service after Remote Diagnosis
Advertised System Weight 1.56kg4

Dell 2

Processor 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i3-2310M Processor (2.1GHz, Dual Core, 4T, 3MB L3)
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Display 15.6" HD WLED True-Life (1366x768)
Memory2 4GB2 DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz
Hard Drive 500GB3 hard drive (7200RPM)
Warranty 1Yr Carry-In Service after Remote Diagnosis
Advertised System Weight 2.65kg4

Lenovo

System components
Intel Core i5-2410M Processor (2.30GHz, 3MB L3, 1333MHz FSB) with Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.9GHz
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
15.6" HD (1366x768) LED Backlit Display, Anti-Glare, Midnight Black
AMD Radeon HD 6630M (1GB VRAM, 128-bit GPU, switchable)
8 GB PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)
720p HD Camera
500GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
DVD Recordable
9 Cell Li-Ion Battery
90W AC Adapter - ANZ

System components
Intel Core i3-2310M Processor (2.10GHz, 3MB L3, 1333MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
15.6" HD (1366x768) LED Backlit Display, Anti-Glare, Midnight Black
Intel HD Graphics
8 GB PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)
720p HD Camera
500GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
DVD Recordable
6 Cell 2.2Ah Li-Ion Battery
Country Pack Australia/New Zealand with Line cord & 65W AC adapter
Broadcom Bluetooth 3.0 with antenna
ThinkPad 2x2 a/b/g/n
Norton Antivirus 2011 with 15 month subscription

i choose this ones for the price range between 650 and 900 thats all i can afford. open to other suggestion

thanks in advance for taking the time to read the post

[glennzo]

I've been involved with 4 Toshiba laptops over the last 5 years or so. I own one and friends / relatives own several others. We all agree that these laptops have been incredibly reliable for the duration. I beat the crap out of mine and have been since I bought it in 2007 and it just keeps on ticking.

[geleimate]

I currently own a Lenovo and it works like a charm. Usually, IBM/Lenovo laptops tend to work well with Linux.

[SomeDamFool]

I've run Fedora on two different hp laptops since about F6 and have had no big problems.
Mike

[Hewjr100]

Fyi stay away from compaq presario models, specifically with the insyde h20 bios. I have one of these, and with fedora 15, I get disk has many bad sectors. I've had no problems with several hp desktop and laptop models.

Henry

Ps the compaq I have is brand new, and all windows 7 and bios diagnostics show absolutely no hdd errors, and or bad sectors, I believe this a bios issue.

[ElderSnake]

Yeah I think HP and Lenovo laptops play quite nice with Linux.

Sony Vaio on the other hand... my own Vaio laptop has a quirky sound issue in all Linux distros and from what I've read it's quite common. Some distros you also need a boot cheatcode to even get the touchpad working etc.

[Dan]

My thoughts?

• Avoid HP like the plague! Compaq is an HP that wouldn't take a polish. Not surprising. most mud-balls won't.
  
• Dell is a four letter word. Their current QC and customer service stinks-on-ice.
  
• Toshiba "Just Works®".

[JAGS]

Thanks a lot i think ill end up getting one of the lenovo.

[geleimate]

Yeah, AFAIK you can't really go wrong with Lenovo.

[Magickman]

Originally Posted by glennzo

I've been involved with 4 Toshiba laptops over the last 5 years or so. I own one and friends / relatives own several others. We all agree that these laptops have been incredibly reliable for the duration. I beat the crap out of mine and have been since I bought it in 2007 and it just keeps on ticking.

I bought my wife a Toshiba Satellite with the AMD processor and ATI graphics. Installed Fedora 15 KDE on it,. and tried for hours to get the Netgear wifi working. Finally gave up. Installed Fedora on a HP laptop a few months ago, the wireless worked as soon as I installed madfifi. I even tried Ubuntu on the Toshiba, got the driver installed, but that froze the system up. I finally installed Vista Home on it.

[marko]

Originally Posted by ElderSnake

Yeah I think HP and Lenovo laptops play quite nice with Linux.

Sony Vaio on the other hand... my own Vaio laptop has a quirky sound issue in all Linux distros and from what I've read it's quite common. Some distros you also need a boot cheatcode to even get the touchpad working etc.

What issue is that, My Sony Vaio SZ730 works ok?

[ElderSnake]

I guess it does depend on the model or "series". Mine is an E series, a Sony Vaio VPCEE26FG. But I've also heard of almost identical issues with Y series Vaio's, I believe.

I think mine is only a couple years old.

Anyway, basically sound only works through the headphone jack, not the inbuilt speakers. However, when you first install some distros, like Fedora, the sound actually does work through the speakers. But if you're dual booting with Windows 7, as I do, and you boot Windows even once... sound stops working in the Linux distro every time. It's an odd bug and I dont really understand the cause of it. It seems an issue with the Vaio HDA Intel audio system.

[flyingfsck]

In my experience:
Lenovo, HP, Asus, Acer, Dell, Toshiba, Sony.

In that order from good to bad to ugly.

[satanselbow]

"Brand" is pretty irrelevant really - although Toshiba / Compaq / HP tend to carry a generally higher build quality - ie physically feels more solid than some.

Avoiding known problematic GFX / Wireless cards is a better way to go... for the record one of the worse built and generally cr@ppy machines I've had was a £1200 Sony Viao (under both Win and Lin) so price isn't always the best way to go either.

By and large all machines use roughly the same components from the same factory so one "brand" being superior to another is a marketing myth.

There are good lists of what does and does not work well under linux so be guided by them rather than the badge on the front Digging a little deeper in to the specs will pay dividends

[Wayne]

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad Edge and everything works with the Mint LiveCD. I would assume Fedora would too but the wireless drivers would need to be installed, whereas they are already in Mint...