2008/6/21 Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > James Grabham wrote: > > Dell Vostro 1310?- business grade, should have decent compatibility- > > They start at £250, plus VAT, plus £60 delivery! Far too expensive, > > shame, I'd love one. > > Ring them. Explain your total budget is £300 and not a penny more. > They'll almost certainly knock the price down, especially this time of > year (the business people who buy laptops in bulk are on holiday this > time of year, and the home market doesn't pick up till nearer > Christmas). Be cheeky and ask if they can throw in dual core AND > delivery for 300 notes. > > Mention you're happy to have Vista Home (it's not like you'll be running > DX10 games on a low-end desktop), since you plan to dual-boot into > Ubuntu anyway. > > I've had a Dell Inspiron 1520 for about 6 months now, total Ubuntu > bliss; everything works. Dell even gave free laptops to Ubuntu > developers for Hardy development. > > A friend at work has a Vostron, they're lovely solid reliable machines. > And with Dell you know the hardware drivers will work with Ubuntu. > > -- > Andrew Oakley > I have a Dell Inspiron 1525, all great upgraded very easily to Hardy Heron. > But I don't play games etc....I think it started at £299 then I got rid of > the Celeron processor for something else- my son changed it for something > else Dell was offering so it came out a bit higher. >
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