Hi dov, I just wanted to say thank for all this detailed info. Also, the ASUS Eee PC sounds like a fun & practical PC to have (I've recommend it to a friend who wants to use a laptop for standard tasks..) and I'll probably still get a Dell as I'd like to still be able to play around with Ubuntu. I imagine a Dell PC will give me the ability to more readily explore and experiment than the ASUS EEE?
I'll probably wait a few more months anyway to see whether Dell AU releases a Dell with an Ubuntu option. And also see how the ASUS eee is handling.. sounds like it's pretty successful to date! regards, Andrew On 18 Jan, 16:18, Dov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not sure if the market out this part of the world is considered big > enough. Hey, Dells ship to here from Malaysia! Dell does offer great > bang for your buck though and it has a good Dell-Linux section on the > web. I got my Inspiron 1501 a while ago and put Ubuntu on it. Learned > enough in the process to give the following tips: > > - For general Laptop selection, try and get one with nVidia instead of > ATI (although the ATI drivers for Linux are improving a lot) > - Try and get a model that is supported for Linux in the US. > - You can download the Dell version of Ubuntu Gutsy off their website > with all their hacks and drivers in it. Unfortunately it's a DVD sized > download. No idea why. > - When you reformat the hard drive, leave the two small Dell > partitions intact (one at the start of the drive and another at the > end). If you have issues with your laptop, they expect that you will > be able to run their own diagnostics on it to help them with problem > shooting. The other partition is a restore partition that restores the > whole hard drive to it's original specs when it left the factory. > - If you adapt your system on the Dell website (I recommend that you > do!), choose XP instead of Vista. The price of the OS's looks the > same, but they increase the price of the OTHER parts of the laptop if > you select Vista. Spread the price elsewhere. > > I really do recommend the Dells though. They're working hard to be > Linux friendly overall and they can't be beaten on price. > > While you're in NZ, Dick Smith used to sell computers without an OS > and hand you a Linux CD on the way out. Not sure if they still do > though... > > dov > > On Jan 11, 10:08 am, Andrew G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi there. I'm probably going to get a laptop this year... and I found > > this (http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu? > > c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&dgc=IR&cid=11973&lid=471885) and am pretty > > stoked. After perusing the Dell Aussie site though, this doesn't seem > > to be an option for us.. is that right? > > > thanks, > > Andrew > > > -- > > ubuntu-au mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED]://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
