[KLUG Members] Question On Linux Friendly laptop

[Bruce Smith]

> > Adam. Have you tried your magic hand on Sony VAIO? I am planning  to buy one.
> 
> I installed on a VAIO a very long time ago (> 2 years I think).  So I
> doubt it has any bearing on the compatibility of current models.  This
> was back during the brief period when VAIO ascended to the status of
> "thee laptop to own.".  I installed Redhat, Apache w/PHP,  Server
> Studio, and Informix Universal Server + data copied from the corporate
> database sever.  This was so some people could demo web application we
> had developed;  once the thing finished starting up (~20 minutes!) it
> worked pretty well, although i probably took years off the life of that
> poor little hard drive.
> 
> We don't have any current model VAIOs around.

I had a VAIO for about a year, it was OK but nothing great as far as
Linux support.

It also died about one year after I bought it (new).  Right after it
went off warranty.  Bad motherboard or CPU as far as I could tell.
Too expensive to get it fixed (cost more than it was worth).

I have no plans to ever own another VAIO.

 - BS