Comments on: A Linux ThinkPad

Lenovo has a sale on a ThinkPad running Suse Linux

[loserguy3000]

"Once people see and touch and smell recent editions of Linux, they'll realize it is no more different from Windows XP than is the Mac OSX."

It's comments like this why I rarely trust Cnet these days. No more different than Windows XP and OSX? Do Linux users really think that their OS is even 1/10 as user-friendly as the best Microsoft and Apple have to offer for the average user? It's bizarro day and I'm living in the land of OZ!

So much for useful, realistic objectivity!

[mhinnewyork]

My point was, that coming from an XP background, adjusting to a recent Linux distro is, in my opinion, roughly equivalent to the adjustment someone would make in transitioning to OS X. Reasonable people may disagree, but this is a subject where many people are not reasonable. I have recently experimented with PenDriveLinux which does a good job at mimicking things/concepts that Windows XP users are familiar with.

[ruminator]

Dude, why the skepticism on "returns they don't allow?": Its spelled out in the very next paragraph, and there return policy only has 2 paragraphs! It seems to be the standard return policy offered by every other computer/electronics retailer. Don't get RMA, don't get product back in X days, etc. then you don't get even partial refund (less restocking fee). Could you post an example of a computer return policy that you wouldn't be skeptical about?

[mhinnewyork]

Personal experience. That's why the skepticism. Michael