Hi Guyz,
I am planning to get an new Laptop.Kindly suggest me the best and robust laptop that can run Linux as well Windows in parallel , with best configuration.

Thanks in Advance

Hello,

You're the one that needs to make choices, for example what will the laptop be used for? Will you need a lot of graphical power, 32 or 64-bit, high-end CPU, ... Do you need it robust in a way that it will resist dirt, falling, and so on? What's the amount of money you're willing to spend? All of these things you'll need to think about when choosing a laptop.

Most laptops, if not all, can run Linux and Windows in parallel. You could start out by looking at the Hardware Compatibility List.

Kind regards,

Eric

EricTRA's answer is the right one. I would add:

HP does it's best to lock people into whatever OS they sold with the laptop. They deliberately chose the least compatible Wifi cards (Broadcom and Atheros) for most of the Pavilion series. It's only because Linux developers won't take "NO" for an answer that either works today.

I personally like ATI and AMD. I think you get more bang for your buck. But I have had lots of trouble getting ATI graphic drivers to work and stay working. (Used to work great, then I ran update and it's been flaky every since, at least with movies.) If you aren't a whiz, it might be smart to stick with nvidia graphics.

If you plan to dual boot, you probably want power, drive space, and screen space, i.e. a desktop replacement. I'd suggest you look for a 17 inch screen and 2 hard drive bays. Dell or Gateway might be good choices.

I'm not going to say what's right, but maybe this wil get you looking in a good direction and narrow your choices down. Best of luck!

I can't say I agree with the conspire theory of the HP but I'd look for a processor that supports Virtual Machines fully. Most laptops that are above the bottom tier can support them fully. Almost no reason for me to ever dual boot. I use virtual machines all the time.

I agree that virtual machines are a good answer with one exception - they often cannot deal with hardware copy protection schemes. One of the big reasons people need a real PC around is to maintain access to some game they want to play, but cannot on a virtual machine.

As far the "conspire theory" goes, HP included code in the BIOS of several Pavilion laptops which specifies 2 to 6 Wifi cards that are acceptable for use. In general the specified cards are Atheros or Broadcom, two of the last to have drivers available for Linux. Put in a different card and the BIOS halts demanding you remove it. I personally did this on a Pavilion DV8140US and a DV7-1451NR. You can find a thread if you search of people who have copied out their BIOS, edited it, and then reflashed it to make another card work. The mini-PCI and PCI-E card slots are industry standard, so just what reason is there to block a standard card that works with a manually updated BIOS?