Hi Jim,
just buy one laptop without an os maybe. I buyed on notebooksbilliger just an
acer for 500 euro and
installed just ubuntu by myself and i dont use ubuntu so long. its much cheaper
and easy
>
> Jim Price <d1vers...@hotmail.com> hat am 7. April 2016 um 18:39
> geschrieben:
>
>
> Hi Tony,
>
> I'm still using 12.04 - I thought it was supported for 5 years, so
> there's another year to go. Also, I would expect a machine which runs
> 12.04 would manage 16.04 without too much trouble, and might be cheaper
> as it has an older OS on it. There's not much else around at the £200
> mark.
>
> Jim
>
> On 07/04/16 17:31, Tony Pursell wrote:
>
> > >
> > Hi Jim
> >
> > I wouldn't by that one as one comment say it comes with 12.04 (which
> > is out
> > of support) and you can't easily update it because of the driver for
> > the
> > Realtek wifi card.
> >
> > I would go for any other computer that will run 14.04 or 16.04 out
> > of the
> > box, whether or not I had to overwrite the Windows on it. You don't
> > save
> > much money by going for one with Ubuntu on it.
> >
> > Tony
> >
> > On 7 April 2016 at 16:26, Jim Price <d1vers...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> >> Does anyone know of a supplier of Ubuntu laptops who would accept
> >> payment>> by cheque? I'm told eBuyer don't for this one:
> >>
> >> http://www.ebuyer.com/705955-hp-455-quad-core-laptop-l8b56es
> >>
> >> Any alternatives in a similar price range (£200 after trade-in for this
> >> one) would be appreciated too.
> >>
> >> JimP
> >>
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