On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Bruno Girin <brunogi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 08:53 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: >> Hi there ... >> >> Just checked out the Dell UK site. A search for Ubuntu now throws up >> two netbooks and three laptops that actually are available with Ubuntu >> and if you follow the customization through, it says they come with >> 10.04. The site still shows the Mini 10 as an Ubuntu machine, but >> that's obviously a mistake. Pity they've dropped the Mini 10v. >> Barry Drake. > > Well, I've just tried most laptop models that the search returns and the > only ones I manage to configure with Ubuntu are the Latitude 2100 and > 2110 but they only come with 9.10, not 10.04. And the funny thing is > that there's a big banner in the OS section saying "Don't forget to > register for your Windows 7 upgrade after your purchase". > > That doesn't sound very committed to Ubuntu to me. > > Shame because I would be on the market for a top of the range Vostro > 3300 if the specs that say it comes with Ubuntu were actually true. It's > doubly frustrating because Dell seem to be one of the few vendors who > have a 13" laptop with decent specs (the other one I know of being Sony > but I have no hope in hell of running Ubuntu on a Sony, let alone > getting it Windows free).
You don't? I ask merely because I've run Ubuntu on both Dells and Sonys - and IBMs and Toshibas - without any problems at all. A friend of mine spent /two days/ trying to upgrade Vista on a Sony to Windows 7, because he'd been misinformed about it being a special Sony edition of some kind and that normal Windows wouldn't work. I've been wiping Sonys and putting standard Windows & Linux installs on them for years. Sure, sometimes you have to hunt down some drivers, but you get that on all makes and models of PC. I've never had an insoluble problem. I think that the hype over the intractability of Sonys is mostly FUD. Saying that, I don't personally like the hardware much, but that's just my 2¢. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
