From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4A14D601.2090406@domain.hid> Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 21:18:09 -0700 From: Thomas Lockhart MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1240479431.6990.30.camel@domain.hid> <1240482629.7599.45.camel@domain.hid> <1240487288.6990.71.camel@domain.hid> <49F640A0.4010904@domain.hid> <49F64500.50901@domain.hid> <49F69187.9030402@domain.hid> <1242727683.17138.72.camel@domain.hid> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------010301030302070407090502" Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] Lockups on a new Celeron-430 system detected and resolved. List-Id: Help regarding installation and common use of Xenomai List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Martin Shepherd Cc: xenomai-help This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010301030302070407090502 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Sorry for the lack of any response. The laptop that I work from died > 2 days ago, and I'm still urgently trying to find a usable > replacement. I've had two Sony Vaio machines and I would not get another. They have absolutely no after sales support and certainly nothing for Linux. Not to mention the $500 batteries :( I've had good luck with a Lenovo laptop (12" screen, 3lb weight) for the last couple of years; I think they have continued the trend from IBM to help with Linux support for that hardware. - Tom -- Thomas Lockhart Supervisor, Distributed and Real-time Group Instrument Software and Science Data Systems Caltech/JPL --------------010301030302070407090502 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Sorry for the lack of any response. The laptop that I work from died
> 2 days ago, and I'm still urgently trying to find a usable
> replacement.

I've had two Sony Vaio machines and I would not get another. They have absolutely no after sales support and certainly nothing for Linux. Not to mention the $500 batteries :(

I've had good luck with a Lenovo laptop (12" screen, 3lb weight) for the last couple of years; I think they have continued the trend from IBM to help with Linux support for that hardware.

- Tom

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Thomas Lockhart
Supervisor, Distributed and Real-time Group
Instrument Software and Science Data Systems
Caltech/JPL

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