Re: [ilugd] looking for laptop for Ubuntu (Rs. 25K)
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Balwinder S Dheeman bdhee...@gmail.comwrote: On 03/20/2012 06:09 PM, Vikas Upadhyay wrote: RAM/Processor/Graphics card: Will not be playing any graphic intensive game, just want a decent to good performance (don’t want to pay extra for “awesome” graphics). Intel i3 with 2GB RAM is what I am thinking about, and am not averse to AMD. I'm sure you need a decent graphics card to watch even regular/VHS videos. I assumed this is available in all laptops, do you mean it is not ? Extra features: Webcam, Bluetooth, microphone should work with Ubuntu, good speakers with loud enough sound. Try building bootable USB/Memstick image from an Ubuntu (better LinuxMint ISO) and keep it in your pocket while you go for a final deal. Boot off of this the machine you want to buy, see if all the things work as per your expectations. Hope that helps. Sounds like common sense, but honestly this did not occur to me. Thank you very much. If LinuxMint works perfectly fine, will Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04 too work for me ? Regards Vikas ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] looking for laptop for Ubuntu (Rs. 25K)
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) r...@linux-delhi.org wrote: On Tuesday 20 Mar 2012, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) wrote: On Tuesday 20 Mar 2012, Vikas Upadhyay wrote: [snip] Another thought, can an Android tablet (costing not more than Rs 20K), replace a laptop which serves above mentioned requirement? If yes, any suggestion ? Even though a dev environment was announced for Android today, doubt if it's a great platform for development. Link to the IDE article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/13/android_sdk/ -- Raj -- Thanks Raj, Actually for this even I am not sure what I am looking for. For development purpose, I use my office environment. In case I want to write small shell scripts or C programs (using gcc), is it possible on an Android tablet ? Don't have much idea of Android. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] looking for laptop for Ubuntu (Rs. 25K)
Hello All, I am planning to buy a laptop for my general usage (no gaming). Usage: Internet browsing, reading documents, creating documents, watching movies, listening music etc. Some bit of programming (on Linux, of course) OS : Ubuntu (11.10 or 12.04) and Windows, dual boot (if Windows not available, perfectly fine). Screen Size: Prefer 15” but, if it costs lesser to own 14, I can think of that. Budget: Around Rs. 25,000 (The lower the better). Saw Raj's response to one email mentioning HP costing around Rs. 34,000. I am just looking for around Rs. 10,000 cheaper. RAM/Processor/Graphics card: Will not be playing any graphic intensive game, just want a decent to good performance (don’t want to pay extra for “awesome” graphics). Intel i3 with 2GB RAM is what I am thinking about, and am not averse to AMD. Extra features: Webcam, Bluetooth, microphone should work with Ubuntu, good speakers with loud enough sound. Not sure, can individual parts being not costly (repair/upgrade) be a criterion for buying one ? I have no brand preference, looking for value for money. Just want Ubuntu and hardware liking each other. Do not want it to be outdated for at least another 5-6 years (possible :) ?). My current laptop gets heated at around the touch pad, so don't want new one to become hot over a period of use. Another thought, can an Android tablet (costing not more than Rs 20K), replace a laptop which serves above mentioned requirement? If yes, any suggestion ? Thanks in advance. Regards Vikas ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] looking for laptop for Ubuntu (Rs. 25K)
On Tuesday 20 Mar 2012, Vikas Upadhyay wrote: [snip] Another thought, can an Android tablet (costing not more than Rs 20K), replace a laptop which serves above mentioned requirement? If yes, any suggestion ? Even though a dev environment was announced for Android today, doubt if it's a great platform for development. Regards, -- Raj -- Raj Mathur || r...@kandalaya.org || GPG: http://otheronepercent.blogspot.com || http://kandalaya.org || CC68 It is the mind that moves || http://schizoid.in || D17F ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] looking for laptop for Ubuntu (Rs. 25K)
On Tuesday 20 Mar 2012, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) wrote: On Tuesday 20 Mar 2012, Vikas Upadhyay wrote: [snip] Another thought, can an Android tablet (costing not more than Rs 20K), replace a laptop which serves above mentioned requirement? If yes, any suggestion ? Even though a dev environment was announced for Android today, doubt if it's a great platform for development. Link to the IDE article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/13/android_sdk/ -- Raj -- Raj Mathur || r...@kandalaya.org || GPG: http://otheronepercent.blogspot.com || http://kandalaya.org || CC68 It is the mind that moves || http://schizoid.in || D17F ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] looking for laptop for Ubuntu (Rs. 25K)
On 03/20/2012 06:09 PM, Vikas Upadhyay wrote: RAM/Processor/Graphics card: Will not be playing any graphic intensive game, just want a decent to good performance (don’t want to pay extra for “awesome” graphics). Intel i3 with 2GB RAM is what I am thinking about, and am not averse to AMD. I'm sure you need a decent graphics card to watch even regular/VHS videos. Extra features: Webcam, Bluetooth, microphone should work with Ubuntu, good speakers with loud enough sound. Try building bootable USB/Memstick image from an Ubuntu (better LinuxMint ISO) and keep it in your pocket while you go for a final deal. Boot off of this the machine you want to buy, see if all the things work as per your expectations. Hope that helps. -- Balwinder S bdheeman Dheeman (http://werc.homelinux.net/contact/) ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
