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I saw that Best Buy has an Asus i3 laptop on sale (Model K53E-BBR7.) I was wondering how well Linux (Probably Fedora, but considering centOS) will run on this machine. Have Asus laptops had any problems running Linux. My current laptop is about three years old and is starting to show its age.
It seems to be mostly Intel inside, which is a good sign, but I could not find what brand of wireless adapter it has. That is likely the most important thing to find out.
Would Best Buy let you boot it to a Live CD and run dmesg?
I refuse to deal with Best Buy, because I have dealt with them in the past.
frankbell's idea for trying a live boot is a great way to test. Some place frown on that but get the manager if you have to. Afterall, if they are the geek squad they ought to know what you are doing.
It occurs to me that, if you it looks like they might let you try a live CD, offering to allow them to run a virus scan on it would be good PR in case they are fear of malware.
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