I hope it's OK to share this thread since I'm checking options for buying such a laptop too. My main additional features would be - "low weight" (as in - Apple Air light weight) and good battery life (e.g. work at least for half a day straight without a power cord).
On 3 December 2011 17:23, David Lyon <david.lyon.preissh...@gmail.com>wrote: > HP-Envy with 8 cores are pretty nice for Ubuntu.. > > The hard-drives inside have a design flaw which causes them to > overheat and die. SSD would fix that. > > I repaired one for a friend, just booted ubuntu from usb. Great! > > On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:44 AM, simran <sim...@dn.gs> wrote: > > hi all, > > > > wanted to ask you for some advice... i need a new laptop, and here's my > > needs: > > > > must have's: > > * SSD hard drive (or at least a quick HD) > > * at least 8 Gig's RAM (12-16 Gig's would be ideal) > > * two finger scroll on the touchpad (like macbook pro's etc have as a > > default) > > * solid robust reliable hardy hardware > > > > would really love: > > * beautiful 15" screen (good hi-res one with a nice looking display) > > * nice form for the laptop in general (aka, just looks beautiful :) ah... > > i've been swayed by few things "apple" > > > > Is there anything you can recommend? > > > > I want to stay away from apple because: > > * I use linux (ubuntu) for all development anyway (in a VM) > > * Mostly i'm just using the browser for just about everything else (email > > (gmail), documents (google docs), etc) > > * Hate the way they are chasing samsung trying to block galaxy tabs...:) > > > > would really appreciate the recommendation of people in this group, if > > anyone knows linux, it's you guys :) > > > > simran. > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
