Hi KSB., can you share how much you paid for the Toshiba laptop. ---------- Sent from my Nokia Phone
------Original message------ From: KBS Ramachandra <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 1:58:42 PM GMT+0530 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-in] Budget Laptop for Linux I installed Ubuntu 11.04 recently on the newly purchased Toshiba Satellite C660 laptop - i3 processor @ 2.53 GHz, 2GB ram, 320GB SATA, 15.6" (1366 x 768) LED screen, DVD Super multi drive, Webcam, Wireless, etc. - approx 28K Installation went smoothly - Network, wireless, webcam all recognized. One driver (Graphics accelerator) had to be installed using "System Settings -> Additional drivers". No issues here too. The device was recognized, driver downloaded and activated. Bluetooth has NOT been recognized / activated. Since I don't need it right away, haven't worried about it too much. Hope this information is useful Regards, KBS Ramachandra On 06/21/2011 12:10 PM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > Hi > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Narendra Diwate > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am thinking of buying a Budget Laptop (About 25K INR, Not Netbook, so NO >> Atom or similar). Towards that end, because I want it to be fully compatible >> with Linux, was looking at Ubuntus page of supported/tested hardware >> (http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/). I find that Lenovo and Dell have the >> most models that are supposed to work well with Ubuntu. I assume broadly >> that this is true of all Distos. > About a year or so back, some friends had pretty similar requirements > - an about 25 K full featured laptop. After quite a bit of > investigation and writing around we settled on the Lenovo B 450 Series > (specs below) > > LENOVO NB B450-59029506 14.1” Intel Pentium Dual Core (2.10 GHZ)/1 GB > RAM DDR-II/160 GB HDD/Intel 5100 Agn (1*2)/ DVDRW Optical Drive > /6cellbattery /Bluetooth/Camera/Dos/1 Year Warranty > Cost is 24,500 + 5% VAT (Prices as in March 2010) > > So to address your specs specifically yes > >> So these are my requirements: >> >> 1. Budget of 25K. > Yes > >> 2. Atleast an Intel i3 or its AMD eqivalent. May go for Core2Duo if can't >> find one in budget. > Yes > >> 3. Good battery life of atleast 4or5 hours. > Decent battery - 3-4 hours >> 4. 3GB RAM atleast. > 1 GB RAM (upgradeable) > >> 5. Card Slot, Webcam, Bluetooth, Wifi. > Yes >> 6. Am looking at as light as possible in this budget, so if it comes with an >> Optical drive to reduce size/weight, so be it. > Pretty light - and since its a 14.1" inch screen > >> 7. Atleast 250GB HDD. > 160 GB or for a price can be upgraded >> 8. Know to work with Debian/Ubuntu/Linux. > Have installed Ubuntu on it and it rocks - its been over a year since > we got these laptops and as yet there are no issues > > The higher up version was > LENOVO NB B450-59029513 14.1” Intel Pentium Dual Core (2.10 GHZ)/2 GB > RAM DDR-II/320 GB HDD/Intel 5100 Agn (1*2)/ DVDRW Optical Drive > /6cellbattery /Bluetooth/Camera/Dos/1 Year Warranty > Cost is 27,000 +5% VAT > > However am sure that these specs and prices have changed but am aware > that the B (and maybe G series) are still available. > > regards > ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
