Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 24 January 2011 08:46, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 16/01/2011 17:39, George Tripp wrote: >> >> Up to now I've put Ubuntu on ancient PCs I already had. Currently I'm >> thinking >> about getting a laptop but don't want to spend my hard earned cash find >> I've >> bought something that can'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 16/01/2011 17:39, George Tripp wrote: Up to now I've put Ubuntu on ancient PCs I already had. Currently I'm thinking about getting a laptop but don't want to spend my hard earned cash find I've bought something that can't run the operating system I wish to. Looked at a couple of companies whi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

Hi George I've (just this weekend) got myself the HP Pavilion dv6-3122sa (X86_64). Granted, two days isn't a great deal of testing but thus far, it's proven to be a great piece of kit - Bluetooth seems to work fine, as does WiFi and the ATI card (via non-free drivers which simply requires a choice

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

I've had great luck in general with IBM (I guess now Lenovo) thinkpads. They're a bit spendier but. Also have a 3 button mouse. Pretty much everything "just works", though I have looked typically to make sure I'm getting the "right" wifi card, etc. thinkwiki has loads of useful info for anythi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

I have a Novatech laptop, two years old, older model. Ubuntu went on no probs and never had any issues re ubuntu - overall its battery catch has broken which is annoying as the battery is prone to drop out. The piano black cases are a tad flimsy and the keyboard's a bit springy. The laptop insid

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 18/01/11 21:32, George Tripp wrote: Just wondered are there any novatechi3 (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/laptop/range/novatechi3.html) users out there who can comment on Ubuntu compatibility? I haven't used one of these machines, but as with most Core i3/i5 systems at the moment, I s

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Ta to all the people who have replied to this thread so far it's certainly given me some food for thought. Novatech has been mentioned positively quite a few a few times. Just wondered are there any novatechi3 (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/laptop/range/novatechi3.html) users out ther

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

> From: Barry Drake > Just been put in touch with: https://www.linuxlaptops2go.co.uk/home > LinuxLaptops2Go. See how you get on with them. Found this site before. All their products seem to be out of stock. Is this an omen?! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 18 January 2011 17:27, Barry Drake wrote: > On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 17:23 +, George Tripp wrote: > > > > It was pcspecialists themselves who alerted me that there was a > > problem! > > Just been put in touch with: https://www.linuxlaptops2go.co.uk/home > LinuxLaptops2Go. See how you get on

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On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 17:23 +, George Tripp wrote: > > It was pcspecialists themselves who alerted me that there was a > problem! Just been put in touch with: https://www.linuxlaptops2go.co.uk/home LinuxLaptops2Go. See how you get on with them. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drak

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>From experience, the pcspecialists machines work faultlessly with Ubuntu. Just >fyi, You do need to use a proprietary wifi driver though. It was pcspecialists themselves who alerted me that there was a problem! http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?3354-Laptop-15.6-quot-Genesis-II

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17/01/11 19:09, gazz wrote: (subject re fair trade, ethics, etc) People complain that Waitrose is expensive but (a) the food doesn't taste like wax and cotton wool and (b) the employees are being relatively decently treated. Yes, and also they ar ea bit more forthcoming about the source

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 09:58 +, Sean Miller wrote: > On 17 January 2011 09:53, Barry Drake wrote: > On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 09:29 +, Scrase, Eddie wrote: > > Although I haven't bought a laptop from them, from past > experience I can > > recommend the Linux empo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 21:29, Paula wrote: > Sorry, you'd think I'd have more sense about what I post to this kind of > list by now ;) Withdrawn! > "this kind of list"??!?! Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

- Original message - > On 17 January 2011 19:09, gazz wrote: > > > sustainability (ie without going bust or dying of exhaustion and > > malnutrition). It's just the same as paying more for fair trade goods. > > People complain that Waitrose is expensive but (a) the food doesn't > > taste l

[ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

Sean all: New article came in today via twitter: might be of interest http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/395861:get-the-most-out-of-your-laptop-using-linux?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed guess nothing we didn't know but just in case. Quite like the fairtrade comparison. Thanks Paul

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 19:09, gazz wrote: > sustainability (ie without going bust or dying of exhaustion and > malnutrition). It's just the same as paying more for fair trade goods. > People complain that Waitrose is expensive but (a) the food doesn't taste > like wax and cotton wool and (b) the empl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 09:53 +, Barry Drake wrote: > I've heard very good reports about them, but looking at their website, I > thought they were a tad expensive. Is their stuff higher spec than your > average Computer World items? > > Regards, Barry Drake. I went to them becaus

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 18:39 +, alan c wrote: > On 17/01/11 14:32, Alan Pope wrote: > To those who are still finding Linux Emporium prices indigestible, I > point out that LE give a retail experience, with expert support. And > they are part of our community, family, if you like. Compare

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

>From experience, the pcspecialists machines work faultlessly with Ubuntu. Just fyi, You do need to use a proprietary wifi driver though. Sent from my HTC Desire HD running Android On 16 Jan 2011 17:40, "George Tripp" wrote: > Up to now I've put Ubuntu on ancient PCs I already had. Currently I'm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17/01/11 14:32, Alan Pope wrote: I have often pondered setting up a cottage business buying naked laptops and ubuntifying them, but can't see there's a huge margin in it, but there's the potential to get sucked into very long protracted support conversations, negating any profit made. I talk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17/01/11 17:07, Kris Douglas wrote: There's always the option where you don't accept the Microsoft EULA and get your money back for the install on the machine. I believe that option no longer exists. But I would be delighted to be found wrong! -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17/01/11 14:01, Barry Drake wrote: On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 13:41 +, alan c wrote: If low cost is very important, then, yes, ethical decisions become difficult. When I bought my Dell Mini 10v last year, pre-loaded with Ubuntu, cost was a factor, but ethical considerations were met as wel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 16:21, Sean Miller wrote: > On 17 January 2011 13:41, alan c wrote: >> >> On 17/01/11 11:38, Sean Miller wrote: >> >>> And, to be honest, I'm not too worried about "personalized attention" >>> when >>> installing if I am going to save £100 on the retail cost of the >>> laptop.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 13:41, alan c wrote: > On 17/01/11 11:38, Sean Miller wrote: > > And, to be honest, I'm not too worried about "personalized attention" when >> installing if I am going to save £100 on the retail cost of the laptop... >> it >> >> will presumably "work out of the box"... where

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 15:24, gazz wrote: > > > On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 14:51 +, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > > > On 17 January 2011 14:32, Alan Pope wrote: > > On 17 January 2011 14:23, Barry Drake wrote: > > Just went through the process and looked at the shipping. A 10.1" > > Netbook ships to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 14:51 +, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > > > On 17 January 2011 14:32, Alan Pope wrote: > > On 17 January 2011 14:23, Barry Drake > wrote: > > Just went through the process and looked at the shipping. A > 10.1" > > Netbook ships

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 14:56, Barry Drake wrote: > Ed Bernard at http://www.elpatech.co.uk sells his Ubuntu computers for > the same price as his barebones ones.  He says that giving support to > his Windows PC's costs him far more than supporting Ubuntu!  Especially > since the magnificent 7. > Inte

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 14:51 +, Simon Greenwood wrote: > Likewise. I even contemplated refurbishing old computers with a > lightweight Ubuntu-based distro but the margin would have to be based > on providing support, which could be made to work for small companies > and charities and the like, b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 14:32, Alan Pope wrote: > On 17 January 2011 14:23, Barry Drake wrote: > > Just went through the process and looked at the shipping. A 10.1" > > Netbook ships to the UK at $130 something - a good percentage of the > > cost of the netbook!!! > > > > I didn't say it was value f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 14:23, Barry Drake wrote: > Just went through the process and looked at the shipping.  A 10.1" > Netbook ships to the UK at $130 something - a good percentage of the > cost of the netbook!!! > I didn't say it was value for money :) I have often pondered setting up a cottage bu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 14:15 +, Alan Pope wrote: > They ship to the UK now. Just went through the process and looked at the shipping. A 10.1" Netbook ships to the UK at $130 something - a good percentage of the cost of the netbook!!! Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 13:52, Barry Drake wrote: > On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 13:41 +, Yorvyk wrote: >> I'm surprised http://www.system76.com/ haven't been mentioned, unless I've >> missed it . > > I thought they were USA only; am I wrong? > They ship to the UK now. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/11/16

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 13:41 +, alan c wrote: > If low cost is very important, then, yes, ethical decisions become > difficult. When I bought my Dell Mini 10v last year, pre-loaded with Ubuntu, cost was a factor, but ethical considerations were met as well. It's been fine so far, except for t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 13:41 +, Yorvyk wrote: > I'm surprised http://www.system76.com/ haven't been mentioned, unless I've > missed it . I thought they were USA only; am I wrong? Regards,Barry. -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? ...There IS a Bett

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17/01/11 11:38, Sean Miller wrote: And, to be honest, I'm not too worried about "personalized attention" when installing if I am going to save £100 on the retail cost of the laptop... it will presumably "work out of the box"... where I might need the support is later If you are happy to 'r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:08:23 + alan c wrote: > On 17/01/11 09:53, Barry Drake wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 09:29 +, Scrase, Eddie wrote: > >> Although I haven't bought a laptop from them, from past experience I can > >> recommend the Linux emporium (linuxemporium.co.uk). > > > > I'v

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17/01/11 13:00, Rowan Berkeley wrote: what we need is 'naked computer' suppliers, since we are better off installing our own Ubuntu systems from Live CDs and if we are completely computer-less we can get Live CDs ready-made. I am heartily with you on this. But we need a little more don't we?

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I will be bold enough to propose a summary in this situation, having read this thread to date. Tin underpants on. 1) The good guys do not always win. 2) If you want to support your beliefs, it might cost money. Freedom might not come cheap? Ok, if not, then buy with the mass market competition

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17/01/11 09:53, Barry Drake wrote: On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 09:29 +, Scrase, Eddie wrote: Although I haven't bought a laptop from them, from past experience I can recommend the Linux emporium (linuxemporium.co.uk). I've heard very good reports about them, but looking at their website, I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

I got my current laptop from Linux Emporium (a Lenovo N500), and I'm quite happy with it (apart from the BIOS-level fact that it tests the CD drive three times during every startup, which is a noisy and irritating waste of time). But after eight months or something I suffered a general disintegrati

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 11:40 +, Dave Hanson wrote: > It was this model - http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/optimus/ I bought my desktop from pcspecialist. I bought it with no OS - they are happy for that. They will not pre-install Ubuntu, but obviously know a lot about it and are far mo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 11:41 +, Sean Miller wrote: > In which case there is something amiss, is there not? > > Because they could buy a laptop retail from PC World for £299 by > simply walking in, spend 5 minutes restoring a disc image and then > sell at £399, £450 or whatever they do with a HE

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 11:34, Simon Greenwood wrote: > It's more likely that they would have a deal with a maker of white label > laptops in China or Taiwan. It's not easy to build laptops from components. > In which case there is something amiss, is there not? Because they could buy a laptop retai

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

I got a very good laptop from pcspecialist.co.uk, i7 processor 8GB RAM, It came with Windows 7 pre-loaded but everything 'just works' when i installed Lucid onto it. I'm only writing this as when i was trying to find one that had high specs, there isn't a great deal of documentation out there

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 11:30, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: > When there is little demand things get more expensive. > It's cheaper to batch install on computers that where fabricated to be used > with windows. I don't think there is a guy installing each windows drive. > Probably done in factory via

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 11:23, Sean Miller wrote: > On 17 January 2011 11:15, Andy Braben wrote: > >> Advertising has certainly been missed which is expensive. And also who >> would buy these products? Members on this list might, but as most people >> know nothing different to Microsoft and even if t

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I think I have an answer for that (at least from what I remember from economics 101). Or at least one of the below should be right When there is little demand things get more expensive. It's cheaper to batch install on computers that where fabricated to be used with windows. I don't think there is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 11:15, Andy Braben wrote: > Advertising has certainly been missed which is expensive. And also who > would buy these products? Members on this list might, but as most people > know nothing different to Microsoft and even if they do, don't want it. It > is not something that I w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 11:05, Sean Miller wrote: > On 17 January 2011 10:59, Jon Spriggs wrote: > >> >> Less taxes, oh and paying the person who's installing Linux. And the HR >> person who's making sure they're doing everything right by the person. And >> electricity, to, you know, keep the buildin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 10:45, Sean Miller wrote: > So why don't Linux Emporium, then, simply go to PC World, negotiate a deal > for multiple PCs (50 £299 machines I am sure they'd give them for £200 or > thereabouts, maybe £250 at a pinch) and then merely install Ubuntu and put > the price back up to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 10:59, Jon Spriggs wrote: > > Less taxes, oh and paying the person who's installing Linux. And the HR > person who's making sure they're doing everything right by the person. And > electricity, to, you know, keep the building running while they're doing the > installations. Oh,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 10:45, Sean Miller wrote: > On 17 January 2011 10:24, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > >> Erm, I bet Tesco/PC World buy a shedload more machines than Linux Emporium >> could ever do and so will get much better volume discounts on the hardware >> even before you take into consideratio

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 10:24 +, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > Erm, I bet Tesco/PC World buy a shedload more machines than Linux > Emporium could ever do and so will get much better volume discounts > on > the hardware even before you take into consideration the crapware > kickbacks I mentioned ab

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 10:24, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > Erm, I bet Tesco/PC World buy a shedload more machines than Linux Emporium > could ever do and so will get much better volume discounts on the hardware > even before you take into consideration the crapware kickbacks I mentioned > above. > So w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17/01/11 09:58, Sean Miller wrote: That's always been a concern of mine... they always seem excessive in terms of price vs. specification and I don't understand this, because surely building a machine WITHOUT Windows (and its costly licences, even considering OEM) ought to be CHEAPER? Nope.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17 January 2011 09:53, Barry Drake wrote: > On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 09:29 +, Scrase, Eddie wrote: > > Although I haven't bought a laptop from them, from past experience I can > > recommend the Linux emporium (linuxemporium.co.uk). > > I've heard very good reports about them, but looking at t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 09:29 +, Scrase, Eddie wrote: > Although I haven't bought a laptop from them, from past experience I can > recommend the Linux emporium (linuxemporium.co.uk). I've heard very good reports about them, but looking at their website, I thought they were a tad expensive. Is t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

> What do other people do? Any advice? Although I haven't bought a laptop from them, from past experience I can recommend the Linux emporium (linuxemporium.co.uk). -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 17/01/11 08:26, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: Remember you can always claim your money back for not using windows! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6144782.stm MS have made it much harder to do that since Windows 7. The wording of the EULA was changed. We have bought laptops and I've

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

Remember you can always claim your money back for not using windows! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6144782.stm 55quid is not bad. As barry sugested linuxemporium doesn't seem like a bad option: http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/hardware/hardware-laptops.html I use dell at work but they are w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 20:25 +, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > 1. When reporting hardware needing replacing, just don't tell support > you installed Linux. "Uh, yeah, I click on properties and ran the > Windows test tool. Nope, it says nothing wrong." "Yes, I restarted > Windows. Nope, problem is stil

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> > I've had very few problems with the entire Dell laptop line. My company > has bought ~30ish laptops from them in the last 5 years. Lessons > learned: > My Dell M1330 came with ubuntu preinstalled, and worked fine for a while. Although after 6 months it suffered from real problems due to the g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 17:46 +, Barry Drake wrote: > On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 17:39 +, George Tripp wrote: > > Looked at a couple of companies which will sell machines without any op > > system. > > Pcspecialists: apparently there's a problem that the touchhpad doesn't work > > with > > ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On 16/01/11 17:47, ma...@london.com wrote: Any laptop with good spec will work with Ubuntu have fun *including* the webcam? For example http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/laptop/range/eclipse.html -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:39:31 + (GMT) George Tripp wrote: > Up to now I've put Ubuntu on ancient PCs I already had. Currently I'm > thinking about getting a laptop but don't want to spend my hard > earned cash find I've bought something that can't run the operating > system I wish to. > > Look

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 17:39 +, George Tripp wrote: > Up to now I've put Ubuntu on ancient PCs I already had. Currently I'm > thinking > about getting a laptop but don't want to spend my hard earned cash find I've > bought something that can't run the operating system I wish to. > > Looked a

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Don't really want to go beyond £500ish. - Original Message > > Whats your budget? > > Simon > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 5:39 PM, George Tripp wrote: > > Up to now I've put Ubuntu on ancient PCs I already had. Currently I'm >thinking > > about getting a laptop but don't want to s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

Any laptop with good spec will work with Ubuntu have fun -Original Message- From: Kingsid3 . To: UK Ubuntu Talk Sent: Sun, Jan 16, 2011 5:42 pm Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop? If it were me i'd just look for a laptop that i like. 98% of things can be fixe

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On 16 January 2011 17:42, Kingsid3 . wrote: > If it were me i'd just look for a laptop that i like. 98% of things > can be fixed IMO with some terminal fun :) > > Whats your budget? > > Simon > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 5:39 PM, George Tripp > wrote: > > Up to now I've put Ubuntu on ancient PCs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 17:39 +, George Tripp wrote: > Looked at a couple of companies which will sell machines without any op > system. > Pcspecialists: apparently there's a problem that the touchhpad doesn't work > with > ubuntu > Novatech: don't know if their hardware is compatible with ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

If it were me i'd just look for a laptop that i like. 98% of things can be fixed IMO with some terminal fun :) Whats your budget? Simon On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 5:39 PM, George Tripp wrote: > Up to now I've put Ubuntu on ancient PCs I already had. Currently I'm thinking > about getting a laptop

[ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

Up to now I've put Ubuntu on ancient PCs I already had. Currently I'm thinking about getting a laptop but don't want to spend my hard earned cash find I've bought something that can't run the operating system I wish to. Looked at a couple of companies which will sell machines without any op syst

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying A Laptop

So far this is the best I have found: * Acer TravelMate 572 ** * Manufacturer - Acer Model - LX.TK20X.120 Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo ( T7100) 1800MHz 2048KB (L2 Cache) Motherbo

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> > I guess your computing experience is going to depend on exactly what > > you use your computer for ;-) > > Yeah, which is why I said what I said as I mainly use my laptop which > runs *gasp* OS X *gasp* for my design work and movie editing/watching. > Nowt wrong with that mate ;-) Thats one t

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On 16/11/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 15/11/2007, Russell Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 15/11/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 15/11/2007, Russell Green < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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On 15/11/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 15/11/2007, Russell Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'll second that, I purchased an Inspiron 6400n about a month ago, with > > > > Ubuntu Feisty pre-installed. > > > > > > > > The

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> I also feel > firefox become a little laggy when I've got a couple of tabs open that > have a lot of flash stuff going on on them. You could probably call me a fanboy, but I love Opera and how it performs on all my machines, regardless of what is in my tabs, how many tabs I have open etc. > I g

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On 14/11/2007, Russell Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey guys, > > I'm in the process of buying a new laptop for when I'm not at home, it > will > ofcouse be running ubuntu.I have a price range of 500 GBP and body got any > suggestions or any advice or any laptops they would recommend.I don'

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> This might sound stupid, but whenever I see a high-spec machine, I > always feel it would be wasted on Linux. > > I've always installed and seen Linux installed on lower-spec machines > (my desktop included) which is probably why. > > With Windows you could probably get a nice game or a resource

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> > > I'll second that, I purchased an Inspiron 6400n about a month ago, with > > Ubuntu Feisty pre-installed. > > > > The spec is as follows: > > > > Inspiron 6400 N-Series Dual Core Processor T2080 (1.73 GHz 533 MHz FSB 1 > > MB L2 cache) > > Wide Sreen 15.4" WXGA (1280x800) Display with TrueLife

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This might sound stupid, but whenever I see a high-spec machine, I always feel it would be wasted on Linux. I've always installed and seen Linux installed on lower-spec machines (my desktop included) which is probably why. With Windows you could probably get a nice game or a resource intensive ap

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying A Laptop

On 15/11/2007, Russell Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 15/11/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On 15/11/2007, Russell Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'll second that, I purchased an Inspi

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Dell supports Ubuntu. Toshiba A200 series, Chipset 945, VGA Intel 950 (Sound card doesn't work, so have to install ALSA) Lenovo with Chipset 945 (X1300 still can't run compiz) Acer, some types Compaq V3000 series Taufan Lubis www.taufanlubis.wordpress.com On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 23:26 +, R

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying A Laptop

On 15/11/2007, Russell Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I'll second that, I purchased an Inspiron 6400n about a month ago, > > with > > > Ubuntu Feisty pre-installed. > > > > > > The spec is as follows: > > > > > > Inspiron 6400 N-Series Dual Core Processor T2080 (1.73 GHz 533 M

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Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 07:54 +, Kris Douglas wrote: >> >> On 14/11/2007, Russell Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hey guys, >> >> I'm in the process of buying a new laptop for when I'm not at >> home, it will >> ofcou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying A Laptop

On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 07:54 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > On 14/11/2007, Russell Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I'm in the process of buying a new laptop for when I'm not at > home, it will > ofcouse be running ubuntu.I have a price ra

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying A Laptop

Hi I would tend to stick to the Ubuntu laptops with Dell, but in most cases you are pretty good with any of the brands. I personally use (K)Ubuntu on a Dell Latitude and a Toshiba (cant remember which one, about 1 year old). The very first thing you need to look at is the Wireless card - check tha

[ubuntu-uk] Buying A Laptop

Hey guys, I'm in the process of buying a new laptop for when I'm not at home, it will ofcouse be running ubuntu.I have a price range of 500 GBP and body got any suggestions or any advice or any laptops they would recommend.I don't travel very much so weight and things like that isn't important.I'm