On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 10:38 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: > 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.
Maybe it's worth a try then. But in that case, I'm back to the original problem discussed in this thread: I don't think I have any hope of getting a Sony without Windows pre-installed. > > 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. Oh I'm sure there are no insoluble problems, it's just that I don't really feel like spending an inordinate amount of time getting it to work. If I am to buy a £1000+ laptop (top of the range as I said), I don't particularly want to find myself with a doorstop until I hunt down all the right drivers. Maybe a way to resolve that issue is to go to the Sony shop on Tottenham Court Road armed with a LiveCD and see what it says :-) > > I think that the hype over the intractability of Sonys is mostly FUD. Possibly. Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
