I forgot to bring this up at the cookout last night...
I have decided to purchase a new laptop (a first for me - always used
older equipment) and was wondering if anyone had recommendations for a
model that plays well with Linux. I'm not interested in a laptop with
the latest whiz-bang features, just the basics of wireless networking,
ability to play/burn CDs/DVDs, enough horsepower & disk to run
forecasting models, GIS, database, etc., and a battery that will last
for several hours. (My guess is any laptop these days would be
sufficient.) I want to avoid having to add drivers or other support for
some whiz-bang hardware when something "vanilla" would work just as well
for me, and I would prefer a distro that supports the various standard
laptop features (e.g., power management) and typical peripherals like
DVDs/movies, Burning CDs, etc., "out of the box". Again, this is
probably a non-issue, but there could be a laptop using hardware known
to be problematic (remember "winmodems"?)...
I use several apps that only run on windows (probably forever), so
another first for me will be dual-boot. I have done this before on
others' systems, but I mention this just in case there is a awareness of
issues with certain laptop models.
Anyway, thanks in advance for your help!
Steve
