On 4 July 2012 21:24, Alan Pope <alan.p...@canonical.com> wrote: > On 04/07/12 13:59, Colin Law wrote: >> >> Has anyone any experience of running Ubuntu on laptops from PC >> Specialist [1]? I am particularly interested in the Genesys IV [2]. >> They will supply without Windows with a reduction of £80. >> >> I believe they are based on Clevo laptops. >> > > Not based on, they _are_ Clevo laptops. > > The first thing that leaps off the screen at me is that genesisIV has an > nVidia 'Optimus' video card. > > http://askubuntu.com/questions/96552/how-well-will-nvidia-optimus-cards-be-supported-in-12-04 > > "nVidia's official position is that they have no plans to support Optimus on > Linux - our graphics stack is engineered with an assumption that only one > card is driving a given display, and it's not easy to work around." > > Personally I'd avoid it and get something like a Lenovo.
I was not going to get the nVidia card, which is optional. I was going for the integrated Intel HD graphics. As for Lenovo I attempted to use their website to find a laptop with the following spec 15.6" screen i5 processor 4GB Ram 500GB disc but completely failed, their website is rubbish. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
