On 11 December 2013 18:19, Deryk Foote <deryk.fo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ubuntu is great at a lot of things, but keeping my cinder block of an old > Dell from kicking the proverbial bucket isn't one of them. Alas...I suppose > it's time to move on. > > I'm trying to find the most practical, linux-friendly machine possible for > under £500, with a screen between 11" and 13.3". It doesn't need to be > fantastic at anything in particular, as long as it's light and can handle a > bit of travel. > > It's mostly going to be a basic work machine; word processing and > spreadsheets, web browsing, a bit of video and photo tweaking, and lots of > command-line work. > > Right now I'm taking a look at the Lenovo Edge > E335<http://shop.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/thinkpad/edge-series/e335/>, > but I'd love any recommendations or advice you have to offer - thanks in > advance! > > Lenovo are on the Ubuntu approved hardware list: http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/desktop/make/Lenovo/?category=Laptop My travelling machine is a Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 11 bought cheap as a stopgap machine a couple of years ago and it's been very good for that. I replaced the HD with a cheap SSD to save power and it's good for four or five hours on wifi and two or three on a 3G dongle. There's a small niggling fault with the mousepad that I have never been able to get to the bottom of but it's a nice little netbook for working in the pub :). S/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood "TBA are particularly glib"
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