On 5 July 2012 08:48, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote: > 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. > > Hmm, Insight have the Thinkpad Edge 15 but that's only i3. If you use Lenovo's selection system it gives you the IdeaPad Z580 but that's £600.
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