Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the Vaio S series

2012-07-02 Thread Tony Pursell
On 2 July 2012 13:10, Barry Titterton wrote: > On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 09:20 +0100, Anton Kanishchev wrote: > > If you play your cards right and mention that there is no bs of cto > > models being non refundable (in terms and conditions) before you buy > > they are unlikely to try to play that trick

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the Vaio S series

2012-07-02 Thread Barry Titterton
On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 09:20 +0100, Anton Kanishchev wrote: > If you play your cards right and mention that there is no bs of cto > models being non refundable (in terms and conditions) before you buy > they are unlikely to try to play that trick on you. Hi Anton, I'm not a lawyer but I'm pretty s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the Vaio S series

2012-07-02 Thread Simon Greenwood
On Jul 2, 2012 9:05 AM, "doug livesey" wrote: > Very interesting, cheers for that. > I'm pretty sure my next machine is *not* going to be a mac, but still want > something really performant & cool-looking. :) > (I'll be spending a lot of time, there, after all.) > The S series was about the best

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the Vaio S series

2012-07-02 Thread Anton Kanishchev
Hi Please note that I am not saying that you will have an ugly experience like I had. I also chose the laptop because of its ips display and performance and all the other great things that it has. I would just double check with them along the lines of - "I have looked through the forums and found t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the Vaio S series

2012-07-02 Thread doug livesey
Very interesting, cheers for that. I'm pretty sure my next machine is *not* going to be a mac, but still want something really performant & cool-looking. :) (I'll be spending a lot of time, there, after all.) The S series was about the best spec non-apple laptop that I found in my noodling around -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the Vaio S series

2012-07-01 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 1 July 2012 23:17, doug livesey wrote: > Hi -- has anyone got Ubuntu up & running on a Sony Vaio S series? > I've read a little bit that suggests there may be difficulties with the > graphics drivers, which switch between two modes. > Just wondered, is all -- I was fantasising about a new mach

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the Vaio S series

2012-07-01 Thread Anton Kanishchev
Dont want to move you away from it, i probably had a lemon-but this is my short story of ownership of the s series 15 inch (still have my vaio nw 2009). I configured a vaio s 15 inch to the brim -essentially top spec, i7, 8gb ram , best gpu, 256gb ssd(about 220 actually free). Problems started when