Thanks Dave, That does look like a pretty decent laptop... in your experience, is the two finger scroll working well? (and if you are familiar with a macbook pro, is it comparable to a mac).
The internet reviews are not being too kind to the two finger scroll capabilities of the U36SD. simran. On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 1:01 PM, David Gillies <da...@dorja.com> wrote: > On 03/12/11 10:44, simran wrote: > >> 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? >> > > My day to day PC is an Asus U36SD: http://www.asus.com.au/** > Notebooks/Superior_Mobility/**U36SD/<http://www.asus.com.au/Notebooks/Superior_Mobility/U36SD/> > > I've got the i5 version with a 128GB SSD, 8GB RAM and am running ubuntu > 11.04 currently. Its got one of those weird Nvidia Optimus hybrid > Intel/Nvidia GPUs but I've disabled the Nvidia part of it and its all good. > Its got 4 cores so running some sort of virtualisation is fine. It has 2 > finger scrolling and the hardware has been pretty robust. Plus being thin > its pretty light. > > The only real downside is that the viewing angle for the screen isn't the > best but I've learned to live with it. And I wouldn't consider it a deal > breaker. > > 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...:) >> > My day to day usage is pretty much the same usage as you from the sounds > of things and it this laptop is more than up to the task. > > dave. > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: > http://slug.org.au/faq/**mailinglists.html<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
