On Sunday 02 October 2005 07:10 pm, sergio masci scribbled:
> Sorry but you've got this backwards :-)
>
> Windows does not go out of its way to be compatible with your notebook,
> the notebook manufacturer goes out of its way to be compatible with
> windows. They even write their own drivers and utilities when windows
> comes up short.

Yes and no.  MS does actually test their apps against a large set of hardware 
devices.  As an example, when I worked there, my roommate really hated his 
job of testing printer drivers -- printing a file to every one of 100-200 
printers and verifying the output.

But I do still agree -- hardware manufacturers go where the $$$ are -- the 
huge Windows base out there.


> There was a web site that gave info of linux friendly notebooks, patches
> and utilities. I'm not sure if it's still up. When I wanted to run Linux
> on a notebook I looked at which notebooks were supported before I bought
> one.
>
>
> Regards
> Sergio Masci
>
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