Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible laptops for under £4 00

2008-07-25 Thread Rob Beard
Sean Miller wrote: Yes, that's the one - nvidia graphics. Price is coming down, presumably, because there'll be a higher specification one hitting Tesco soon. Sean Great, I'll have a look in Tescos again tomorrow. I tried the Exeter branch but there is another one near me too.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible laptops for under £4 00

2008-07-25 Thread Pete Stean
Can I suggest the MSI Wind (or rebadged as the Advent 4211). Mine runs Hardy with no probs - pretty decent specs and I find it speedy, the real plus is that it is ultra-ultra portable Certainly worth considering if you're not looking for a desktop replacement per se, but something that you can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible laptops for under £4 00

2008-07-25 Thread Rob Beard
Pete Stean wrote: Can I suggest the MSI Wind (or rebadged as the Advent 4211). Mine runs Hardy with no probs - pretty decent specs and I find it speedy, the real plus is that it is ultra-ultra portable Certainly worth considering if you're not looking for a desktop replacement per se,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible laptops for under £4 00

2008-07-24 Thread Sean Miller
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 7:00 AM, Matt Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not particularly portable though I guess that could be argued, but it doesn't take that much more to lug around a 15.4 widescreen than a 14 does it? And the size of the screen definitely helps productivity as you can get a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible laptops for under £4 00

2008-07-24 Thread Sean Miller
This is the one I was talking about... http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.203-1098.aspx Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible laptops for under £4 00

2008-07-24 Thread Rob Beard
Sean Miller wrote: Compaq/HP seem pretty good - the widescreen HP Pavilion (15.4, 120GB h/drive, Vista Home Premium, 2GB memory etc.) that Tesco sells at about £370 seems to work well enough, including wi-fi. Sean Do you have one of them Sean? I did see a HP in Tesco's yesterday although

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible laptops for under £4 00

2008-07-24 Thread Sean Miller
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have one of them Sean? I do, yes. I did see a HP in Tesco's yesterday although they were out of stock. I think they were about £350 and had the Athlon X2 CPU, is this the one you mean? Yes, that's the one - nvidia