[thechat] laptops for linux

[William Anderson]

Martin Burns wrote:
> [vaio snippage]
> 
> Oh, lovely to look at and hold, to be sure. But Sony batteries suck  
> arse (in every product I've ever owned, they very quickly go to the  
> state of incorrectly reporting that they contain no charge), and my  
> physical power connector broke. So I have a paperweight.

Interesting.  IIRC you had the Z600-LEK just like me, but my PSU was
rather sturdily built, and my battery has lasted well from purchase in
May 2001 to sale in October 2005.  Clearly YMMV.

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