Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.

James Grabham wrote: > So, is the general consensus, get a Vostro 1000, and live with having to > lug a 15.4 inch thing around every day, granted, if the battery on the > acers is terrible, it would be pointles lugging anything around. It's > getting more and more complicated :) > You could a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot with Vista

Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > Sean Miller wrote: >> Folks, >> >> I've just got a new laptop, bright and shiny with loads of memory and >> gratuitous amounts of hard disk space... >> >> It runs Vista, every rose has its thorns... >> >> What's the latest on dual boot issues? Are there any? Am I l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] more questions on Asus Eee

Kris Douglas wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Albert Vilella <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Hi, > > Has anyone upgraded the RAM and SD of an Asus Eee? > Is it worth buying the low-spec one and upgrading RAM and SD oneself? > Any prefer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Matthew Wild wrote: | Hi all, | | What is the general opinion of the best HDD manufacturer? Over the | years I have heard bad about each one in one way or another. | | I'm looking to buy an external HDD. I was disappointed to find that | Maplin only st

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 STONE COLD wrote: > ""You might also want to try installing the kernel packages for your >> particular processor (in Synaptic there are various ones for i686, AMD >> K7, etc. which are more optimised than the standard i386 ones). It's >> usually a simp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 STONE COLD wrote: > Ok the second thought that I had is that Ubuntu is obviously made with > minimum specs in my mind. I don’t have one of those min specs machines, > as mentioned above..so is there anyway I can tweak it..like better > graphics..faste