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Dell Studio 1747 Laptop: One Fatal Flaw Away from Linux Perfection
Linux Magazine: "Dell's 17-inch Studio 1747 laptop is a beefy desktop replacement that ships with Windows 7. But how does it fare with Linux instead? A few days hands-on with the laptop shows that the machine is almost perfect, save for one fatal flaw."
Read more...The People Who Support Linux: At Work and at Home
Linux.com: "Chase Crum is a U.S. Army veteran, a Shriner, an IT infrastructure manager, and a member of The Linux Foundation. This certainly does not capture all that defines Chase, but it begins to illustrate where he derives his ideas about Linux, community and giving back."
Read more...7 Providers of Pre Installed Linux Laptops/PC's
Tech Drive-in: "Not many mainstream PC manufacturers have a Linux preinstalled version of their products. But some do have and the there are many other not-so-mainstream providers of Linux preinstalled laptops, netbooks and PC's. Here are a few of them you should know."
Read more...Toshiba Recall Signals Larger Trend for Hot Laptops
Toshiba is the latest to recall laptops that pose a fire hazard or risk of injury--highlighting the growing concern of excessive heat generated from cramming more processing power into smaller portable computers. Toshiba - Laptop - Hardware - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Notebooks and Laptops
Read more...Tough time for iPad knockoffs
Two new tablet computers based on Google's ( GOOG ) Android operating system -- one from Samsung, the other by Toshiba -- were introduced at a trade show in Berlin this week, part of a wave of knockoff designs inspired by Apple's ( AAPL ) iPad.
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