Bottom post. Leonid Podolny wrote: > I considered buying an MSI laptop a while ago and it worths noting that > they serve as an OEM for LG. For every model LG have a parallel one. > A friend of mine installed some recent version of OpenSUSE on MSI s262 > and everything, including WiFi, worked out of the box. But, then again, > go figure what SuSE put in there. > The reason that I didn't buy it was that apparently Ivory has > notoriously bad service. > > > Daniel Feiglin wrote: > >> Daniel Feiglin wrote: >> >>> Has any one tried running MSI Laptops under Linux? >>> >>> Specifically has anyone tried the VR600 model? >>> >>> What's interesting about it: >>> 1. It's not too expensive >>> 2. You can buy it locally without a pre-installed OS >>> 3. The reseller (in this case Ivory) claims that they support it at >>> their various centers i.e. you're not stuck with a third party importer >>> with one location here. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> DAF >>> >>> >>> >>> >> For Sara Fink: >> >> Oron's remarks about Ivory are correct. You can see the details at of >> the VR600 here: >> >> http://www.ivory.co.il/product.asp?productid=427&CatCode=315 >> >> Note that the price is for the dual core. It's always worth getting a >> price quotation with specific h/w details. You can buy over the Internet >> - but I wouldn't for this. Sitting across the table from a sales rep can >> give better results. >> >> About drivers etc - surely that depends on what's on the MB? This thing >> uses "known" components, AMI BIOS. In any event, I posted my query to >> find out about specific known "gotchas". >> >>
OK. It might be worth opening up this query to include LG. About Ivory - I've heard about the quality of their service. Incidentally, I received a few direct replies (Thanks!) from list members who had difficulty posting to it. Is there a problem with the list at the moment?
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