Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 59, Issue 15

2010-03-13 Thread Nigel Verity
Re: Laptop I run Xubuntu 9.10 on an Acer Aspire AS1410. It's a small laptop (as opposed to a netbook) with an 11.2 inch screen, 250 Gb disk, 3 x USB, a card reader and 2Gb RAM, and it supports HD video. Absolutely no problems; no lock-ups, no crashes. When I absolutely have to use XP I just f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptops

2010-03-13 Thread Rob Beard
Colin Law wrote: > On 13 March 2010 01:57, Liam Proven wrote: > >> - Avoid anything with a Celeron or "Pentium Dual-Core". They're >> cut-down chips & crippled. Get a Core 2 Duo as a minimum. (Or an AMD.) >> > > I think anything current (or even a couple of years old) will provide > perfe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptops

2010-03-13 Thread Rob Beard
Liam Proven wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Rob Beard wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> Well the time has come where my mum and step-dad have decided to get on >> t'internet so they're looking for a laptop. They were planning on >> getting me to go with them to PC World to help choose one,