If you are looking for a Lenovo, its worth keeping an eye on their website. They frequently have a number of specials that come up. Up to yesterday, on the US site, they were knocking about $500 off some of their models - 4th of July sale.
j On 5 July 2012 09:10, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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. > > s/ > > -- > Twitter: @sfgreenwood > "TBA are particularly glib" > > > -- > 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/
