[mdlug] Laptop Purchase Opinions Please

[Raymond McLaughlin]

Peter Bart wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 01:53 -0400, Michael Rudas wrote:
>> Jeff Hanson wrote:
>>
>> Peter Bart wrote:
>>
>>>> The Toshiba P200/205 series appears to have the fingerprint reader
>>>> across the board, is this true?
>>> Do you mean touchpad (pointer) or fingerprint scanner (biometric security)?
>> This series of TOS laptops has a biometric fingerprint scanner.  I
>> have not checked into Linux drivers for it, though.
> 
> A person on another list has one similar recently purchased that works.
> His experience is the reason I'm going with Toshiba.

Really? The Toshibas I've encountered at recent installfests were iffy
enough to steer me away. I don't remember which devices it was off hand,
but driver support was quite sub optimal.

> Best Regards,
>