From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 11:19:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 11:19:00 -0500 Received: from pcp01871097pcs.derbrn01.mi.comcast.net ([68.42.47.36]:4356 "EHLO uncompiled.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 11:18:59 -0500 Subject: Re: any brand recomendation for a linux laptop ? From: "Matthew J. Fanto" To: Andrew Walrond Cc: jw schultz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20030116144045.GC30736@work.bitmover.com> References: <200301161100.45552.Nicolas.Turro@sophia.inria.fr> <20030116104154.GL25246@pegasys.ws> <3E26BE43.6000406@walrond.org> <20030116144045.GC30736@work.bitmover.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.5 Date: 16 Jan 2003 11:05:48 -0500 Message-Id: <1042733149.1226.14.camel@chandler> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I just bought a Sony Vaio GRV550. So far I have not had any real problems with it. There was an issue with sound in 2.4, but fixed in 2.5. Talking with some people, we came to the conclusion it was just a bad merge, and no problem with the hardware being supported. The Radeon card works great in X11, although has issues with the framebuffer in 2.5. PCMCIA works great, currently have 802.11b working. DVD/CD-RW drive works great. Pretty much everything else is detected and supported, although I have not tried to get the built in 56k modem working. The screen is big (16.1"), and at 2.4ghz it is rough on battery (about an hour and a half for a full batter). Other than the frame buffer in 2.5 and sound in 2.4, it works great. Regards, Matthew J. Fanto