A Potemkin-esque Notebook Market

Maybe you have tasted Linux and liked it. Maybe you are looking forward to the next iteration of Ubuntu/Fedora/Whatever and hope that finally, it will actually work. Maybe you have been thinking about buying a dedicated Linux machine? – If you are, it won’t be easy. In theory you now have a choice:

a. Read the forum posts and pray that whatever notebook you will buy will actually run the flavor of linux you are planning to use.

b. Buy linux pre-installed. Theoretically, Lenovo offers the T and R series with SUSE, Dell the beautiful XPS with ubuntu.

However, Lenovo does not sell them in the European Union, or at least I have not found them, the Dell-Linux-page is down very often, the prices are often higher than of comparable Windows machines, you cannot get the newest processors, and most specials do not apply to the linux machines.

So what should you do? Have an apple or enjoy the scenerey from the window(s)!

About Philipp

Philipp Müller works in the IT industry and is academic dean of the SMBS. Author of "Machiavelli.net". Proud father of three amazing children. The views expressed in this blog are his own.

31. March 2008 by Philipp
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