I still love my Dell Vostro - Wireless needs NDISWRAPPER, but everything else works fine :) (1.8 C2D 2GB 160GB 15.4 cost me £350)
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm on the lookout for a laptop for work which I can dual boot with > Vista & Ubuntu. I'm not fussed if it's an AMD or Intel based laptop but > I would like something with at least 1GB memory, an 80GB or higher hard > drive and a dual core CPU. > > I just wondered if anyone could suggest such a laptop? > > I was looking at the eSystem notebook at £279 from PC World with the 13" > screen but unfortunately it's not very well supported on Ubuntu. > > Other options I was thinking of was the Acer Aspire 2920 with a 12.1" > screen or some of the HP Turion based notebooks at around £350. > > The most I can really afford is about £375 although I could stretch to > £400 if it's got a smaller screen (I'd really like something with a 12" > to 14" screen so it's easier to lug around) or a quicker CPU etc. > > Just wondered if anyone knew of anything around at the moment that would > come close? > > I did have a look at Novatech's site, they seem pretty good at £300 > without an OS but I wasn't sure about the on board SIS video card and if > it is well supported or not on Linux? (in a case of a notebook without > OS, I could get an OEM copy of Vista separately). > > Unfortunately Vista is going to be a requirement as I have to support it > at the sites I'm covering. > > Rob > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
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