Re: what is the worst laptop atm?

[Bruno Ducrot <ducrot-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>]

On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 08:12:22PM +0000, Pedro Venda wrote:
> Bruno Ducrot wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >Due to hw failure, I'm thinking buying a new laptop.  I would like
> >to know what is the worst laptop with ACPI atm?
> >
> >I'm thinking about a new ACER so that I could work on the smartbattery
> >support, but well maybe there is other stuff more interresting?
> 
> hello bruno,
> 
> I'd advise the travelmate 4001, but as a good laptop, not as a bad one :-p
> Seriously, you must admit your oppinion/request is peculiar. Glad some 
> people think of hardware that way: "I want to buy the worse to make it 
> better" :-)

Indeed.  The fact that Linux do not support smartbattery yet is not ACER
fault.

ACPI under Linux is now mature but still have some trouble though,
or lack of functionality.  It's interresting to track those problems and
it's better to have the hardware to do so.

> the 4001 is serious value for money (at least in portugal) and it 
> definately has a smart battery.
> 
> the 4500 series are also good laptops, but as far as smart batteries are 
> concerned, I don't know.

Thanks,

-- 
Bruno Ducrot

--  Which is worse:  ignorance or apathy?
--  Don't know.  Don't care.


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