LinuxCertified LC2430 Laptop Review

Anonymouse writes "OSNews posted a comprehensive review of the made-for-Linux LinuxCertified LC2430 laptop. They found that all its components are fully compatible with Linux, except with ACPI in recent kernels (which actually affects many laptops recently). The laptop is a desktop replacement with strong performance and some good extra features: Firewire port, 3-1 card reader, combo drive, SXGA+ TFT screen and an ATi Radeon 3D card. Four Linux distributions were tested with it."

Comments

ACPI

[Mdalek]

...and when is ACPI going to be working in 2.6.x, so far the hibernate and suspend functions crash my laptop (toshiba satellite 18xx - even toshiba_acpi doesn't do much (fan status + brightness).

Who would buy LinuxCertified?

[Anonymous Coward]

LinuxCertified is their name? Certified by whom - their marketing department? Wouldn't older, more popular models on eBay be cheaper and more compatible, since they've been around longer and have been tested by a larger population?

Aren't thse LinuxCertified laptops kind of expensive compared to competing laptops? I got my virtually silent Mac laptop for less than a grand months ago. If you're not going to be running Windows, then get something better. If you're going to be running Windows, then get something better. Sounds like a Lose-lose for LinuxCertified.

What's the point of "desktop replacements"?

[evilviper]

The laptop is a desktop replacement

In other words, it tries to be just as big, hot, and power hungry as a desktop... While being cramped, using propritary parts, and being just as expensive as a notebook.

Wonderful! The worst of both worlds.

Seriously, folks. What is the point of desktop replacements? Who in the world buys them? What possible purpose can they serve?

bah, get an IBM

[CAIMLAS]

Bah, get an IBM Thinkpad. They're superior, cost about the same amount (or as little as half as much), come with a standard 3-year full parts warranty, have customer-replaceable parts (they ship you the easily-replaceable part, you replace it, and ship the broken one to them), don't use shitty and unstable hardware, have high-quality keyboards (I'm sure you've seen some shitty, untypeable laptop keyboards before) and all work with linux perfectly (in all cases I've seen, and ot the best of my knowledge).

I prefer the X series - they've got good battery life (4+ hours for P-M based models), weigh hardly anything (my P3-M X30 weighs 3.4lb - I'm typing on it now), and are well built and sexy. IBM Thinkpads have the geek appeal, minus the goddamn trendy/yuppy factor that powerbooks have that results in every idiot art geek coming up to you to start a conversation. That, and IBM kit have always had techie appeal in general - they're well built and don't fail.

Oh, and IBM at least supports Linux commercially, as opposed to this company which seems to want support from the Linux community. Ie, milk the community with shitty products.

In my opinion, the best thing you could do to get a quality laptop manufacturer to produce "made for Linux" laptops would be to buy an IBM laptop, and then write their corporate office and tell them that you really, really appreciate their high-quality laptop hardware, and that you only wish you weren't required to pay for Windows. If you're in charge of a network install base (and in association, the responsibility of making choices on kit - I know, this is slashdot, that's a bit of a stretch) or any other situation where money is involved, let them know - they'd likely care a good deal that their customers aren't entirely satisfied with their products.