On Jan 21, 2008 6:46 AM, Leslie Gossner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David Whyte wrote: > On Jan 20, 2008 9:53 PM, Andrew G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 don't have an EeePC (yet) but I really like its form. Anyways, I > saw that you could run full blown Ubuntu on there, even with the 3D > effects. I will probably wait for a slightly better screen. I really > couldn't work on something with such low resolution, especially if I > chose to do some programming in an IDE. > > Anyways, a video of the EeePC running compiz > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru780Jfc1bQ > > Cheers, > Whytey > > > Hmm this is a very interesting discussion. I have an old steam driven > Toshiba atm and everything on it works but the battery life is woeful at > best. I somehow dont think th eeePc will suit my usage. If i was willing to > spend say $1500-2500 on a laptop. what couple people recommend as powerful > yet Ubuntu friendly? I hate to say it but most likely i will dual boot XP > and Kubuntu 7.04 (this is the last version of Linux kernel i can get my > iBurst USB modem to work with). Xp will just be for games but i play a lot > of games at work and Wine doesn't love me. > Leslie > > P.S Battery life would be a big bonus to me as my current model struggles > at 2 hours of web browsing.
Hey Guys, I bought a Dell XPS M1210 and just made sure I got a nvidia card. I bought a dell because they are supporting Ubuntu even if not in AU yet. I have never booted the bundled OS on it (vista). And dont regret my decision at all. I also bought it with a 6 and 9 cell battery. With the 9 cell i'll get about 5 hours web browsing, and I tend not to use 6 cell unplugged much. And given my current experience, i'll prob upgrade to a new dell every year. - Karl -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
