Suggest me a LINUX Laptop

[sganesh]

Hi,
I am about a purchase a LAPTOP which comes with free dos or linux installed,,Few models available in markets are from HCL,DELL VOSTRO ,i feels they have low Hardware Configuration,,
in short i need a High End laptop of 2GB RAM,Graphics Card(Definitely i hate Windows)...
i prefer to choose ELCOT LAPTOP bundled with SLED 10(SUSE),which comes with 3 Years international warranty,,which is really amazing.
Check out Software bundles with this laptop,
HI Guys have anyone purchased this laptop ,if yes,please share your review or experience about using it or your thought on buying this laptop..

Source:
http://www.elcot.in/StudentLaptop2008/index.php

http://www.elcot.in/StudentLaptop200...d-software.php

[Hitboxx]

I for one don't know about ELCOT as I have never heard or heard little about them. On the name value, I would go with DELL, not sure if Linux based DELL laptops are being sold here in India.

A quick dig brought out http://search.ap.dell.com/results.as...at=all&x=0&y=0

[satyamy]

nowadays HCL is the cheapest in Market

[chandru.in]

Originally Posted by Hitboxx;1008765A quick dig brought out [URL

http://search.ap.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=in&l=en&cs=&k=linux+laptop&ca t=all&x=0&y=0[/URL]

Are you sure that those two models are sold with Ubuntu? Because though the search result specifies Ubuntu when I pick either one it shows Vista as the OS.

[sganesh]

Oh my God,now only i saw " VERY IMPORTANT INFO: Hard Disks being Killed in Linux" Thread in our Forum...
is it very serious issue??
Source:
Hard disk life cycle issues of Laptops running Linux

[Dark Star]

Don't go for HCL it sucks... I have HCL Beanstack C and I am crying everytime I use it. Its slower than others

[Vishal Patil]

Ofcourse not HCL, go for Dell, i have heard that they also support Ubuntu on their laptops.

[QwertyManiac]

Dell does not offer Linux systems in India.

Go for the ELCOT, or any normal Dell would suffice too. There is great support available both at the kernel, and application levels.