[mdlug] HP vs Toshiba

[Peter Bart]

On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 01:03 -0500, Jeff Hanson wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Peter Bart <peter at petertheplumber.net> wrote:
> >        Because it doesn't fit the way the user uses it. The volume
> > thumb wheel is constantly inadvertently getting bumped and the touchpad
> > has allways been very touchy for ex.
> 
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-laptop-and-netbook-25/how-to-disable-synaptics-touchpad-on-toshiba-satellite-655297/
> 

	Thanks for the link, but then I have no pointing device. Also, the
touchpad can be enabled/disabled via the hardware control center on
openSUSE. I wonder if it's the implementation of devices that varies
between manufacturers. I have the same brand touchpad in my Thinkpad and
it's always been rock solid. Go figure.

> >    Not the way I feel it should. Suspend/resume have never worked, and
> > Toshiba does not seem very Linux friendly for ex.
> >
> 
> My old M35X-S114 works pretty well.  With Ubuntu Intrepid I can
> hibernate and suspend/resume although Pulse audio doesn't always
> recover.  Video works much better than in Hardy which had a seriously
> broken Intel driver.

	Pretty well sums it up for me. On this machine I'm not going to accept
pretty well. I specifically shopped for mainstream, vanilla devices in
this notebook so I wouldn't have to settle. I don't use Ubuntu for the
same reason, sorry. It works great for a desktop when I tried it but not
a notebook.

Best Regards,
-- 
Peter Bart <peter at petertheplumber.net>
http://petertheplumber.net