[TriLUG] laptop shopping

[William Sutton]

On the subject of ThinkPads:  do they all have suspend-to-disk?

William Sutton

On Wed, 5 Feb 2014, Carl Crider wrote:

> Michael, is this question about my T430?
>
> Yes, it is a fully dedicated Linux machine.
> - Main OS: Red Hat Enterprise Workstation 6.4
> - VM Ware Player (Win7; TinyXP; CentOS; RHEL 6.4; CrunchBang; Linux Mint 15)
> - USB Bootable tools: SysRescue; Mint13Live; CentOS LIve; CrunchBang
>
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> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Michael Rothwell <michael at rothwell.us>wrote:
>
>> Do you actually use it as a Linux machine, by installing Ubuntu - or at
>> least crouton - on it?
>> On Feb 5, 2014 12:09 AM, "Aaron Joyner" <aaron at joyner.ws> wrote:
>>
>>> By far the best Linux laptop I've ever used:
>>>
>>> https://www.google.com/intl/en-US/chrome/devices/chromebook-pixel/
>>> On Feb 5, 2014 12:02 AM, "William Sutton" <william at trilug.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Any recommendations for a laptop that has suspend-to-disk (hibernate to
>>>> disk) and Just Works (TM)?  I used to love the feature on my old Sony
>>> Vaio
>>>> PCG-505GX, but it's been out of date for a decade, and my current
>>>> MacBookPro (which doesn't have it) is showing signs of advanced age.
>>>>
>>>> Preferences:
>>>> 1. small-ish (17" is too big... 12"-14" would be nice)
>>>> 2. supports suspend-to-disk under Linux
>>>> 3. decent video card (NV would be nice)
>>>> 4. wireless works under Linux without too much trouble
>>>>
>>>> I like Sony and I like Lenovo, but I'm not stuck on either one.  I
>> refuse
>>>> to use Compaq/HP/Dell.
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to the suggestions....
>>>>
>>>> William Sutton
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