[clug] linux friendly vendors

[Hal Ashburner]

The only laptop I've had that is comparable to the IBM T42 for
robustness. Haven't had any issues on the one I own. Sample size > 1
is what you want if you've had trouble with Asus gear before, I'm
sure.

On 29 July 2014 18:09, Ben Davies <bdcrux at gmail.com> wrote:
> How is the build quality of the Zenbook?
>
> We had never-ending trouble with three Asus transformer pads. All were
> returned with different problems including a weak/fault hinge, cruddy
> keyboard, dodgy display, faulty battery etc.
>
> I'm curious if those quality control/manufacturing problems are mostly
> limited to their pads?
>
>
> Ben
>
> On 29 July 2014 17:48, Hal Ashburner <hal at ashburner.info> wrote:
>> Asus zenbook is working great for me as soon as I replaced the OS that
>> it ships with.
>> External monitor works well (1080p res) intel graphics. I've had it
>> for a year or so and I don't recall it being terribly difficult to get
>> it all working. Using distro supplied kernels and configs.
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