Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 12:11 +0100, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Bruno Girin > wrote: > > If I am to buy a ?1000+ laptop (top of the range as I said), I > > don't particularly want to find myself with a doorstop until I hunt > > down all the right drivers. > > Bruno, ha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 11:24 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: > > Oh I'm sure there are no insoluble problems, it's just that I don't > > really feel like spending an inordinate amount of time getting it to > > work. If I am to buy a £1000+ laptop (top of the range as I said), I > > don't particularly wan

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Bruno Girin wrote: > If I am to buy a ?1000+ laptop (top of the range as I said), I > don't particularly want to find myself with a doorstop until I hunt > down all the right drivers. Bruno, have you really looked at all the machines Linux Emporium do? They suppli

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Liam Proven
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Bruno Girin wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 10:38 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Bruno Girin wrote: >> > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 08:53 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: >> >> Hi there ... >> >> >> >> Just checked out the Dell UK site.  A searc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 10:38 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Bruno Girin wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 08:53 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: > >> Hi there ... > >> > >> Just checked out the Dell UK site. A search for Ubuntu now throws up > >> two netbooks and three laptop

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 09:58 +0100, Matthew Bassett wrote: > On 16 June 2010 09:47, Bruno Girin wrote: > > [...] the only ones I manage to configure with Ubuntu are the Latitude > > 2100 and 2110 but they only come with 9.10, not 10.04. [...] > > > > That doesn't sound very committed to Ubuntu t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Liam Proven
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Bruno Girin wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 08:53 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: >> Hi there ... >> >> Just checked out the Dell UK site.  A search for Ubuntu now throws up >> two netbooks and three laptops that actually are available with Ubuntu >> and if you follow the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Andy Partington
> > [snip] > > Shame because I would be on the market for a top of the range Vostro > 3300 if the specs that say it comes with Ubuntu were actually true. It's > doubly frustrating because Dell seem to be one of the few vendors who > have a 13" laptop with decent specs (the other one I know of being

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Matthew Bassett
On 16 June 2010 09:47, Bruno Girin wrote: > [...] the only ones I manage to configure with Ubuntu are the Latitude > 2100 and 2110 but they only come with 9.10, not 10.04. [...] > > That doesn't sound very committed to Ubuntu to me. > > Shame because I would be on the market for a top of the ra

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 08:53 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there ... > > Just checked out the Dell UK site. A search for Ubuntu now throws up > two netbooks and three laptops that actually are available with Ubuntu > and if you follow the customization through, it says they come with > 10.04. Th

[ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there ... Just checked out the Dell UK site. A search for Ubuntu now throws up two netbooks and three laptops that actually are available with Ubuntu and if you follow the customization through, it says they come with 10.04. The site still shows the Mini 10 as an Ubuntu machine, but that's ob