An XPS1530, which is a really nice machine. The design of it is nice enough that, having switched from a Mac, it doesn't feel like I've traded down in terms of looks! :)
The built-in 3G was a BTO option - I think it added about £40 to the price, which seemed a good deal given that I'm convinced I'd end up losing a dongle! It came with a Vodaphone SIM, but I didn't have to sign up for a contract, so I'm just using a 3 SIM which I already had. Configuring it to work with 3 was easy - just selected UK in the network settings, then chose 3 as the provider, and a couple of minutes later I was connected. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Simon Wears <munkyju...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Ian, out of curiosity, what laptop do you have? If I iunderstood right > with built in 3g? > > > > On 20 Jan 2009, at 00:22, Ian Betteridge <i...@ianbetteridge.co.uk> > wrote: > >> The built-in 3G modem in my Dell was recognised under 8.10, and works >> perfectly. >> >> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:17 AM, Simon Wears <munkyju...@googlemail.com >> > wrote: >>> I've READ it works well, but I haven't tried it personally. >>> >>> Simon >>> >>> >>> >>> On 20 Jan 2009, at 00:05, "Sean Miller" <s...@seanmiller.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Anybody got any experience of mobile broadband? >>>> >>>> I may be moving to rented accommodation shortly and don't know how >>>> long I'll be there, so the mobile broadband concept is tempting as >>>> it'll allow me to not worry about "minimum contracts" and so on with >>>> phone lines etc. >>>> >>>> How supported is it with Ubuntu? Is there a particular network that >>>> works well, are they all as easy as it comes or should I just forget >>>> it entirely and route through a Windows PC? >>>> >>>> Any advice very much appreciated :-) >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Sean >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >>> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
