Nathan, You should get a System76 or the new Zareason Ultrabook :)
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Nathan Williams <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks, Scott. I look forward to reading your write-up. I'm looking at > picking up a new laptop later this year, and am currently torn between > lenovo and a macbook. I'm sure your writeup will come in handy to many > folks looking at running ubuntu on the newer hardware. > > - nathan > > Benjamin Kerensa <[email protected]> wrote: > > >N > > > >On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Scott Garman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> On 07/20/2012 09:10 AM, Scott Garman wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I just got some budget funds from work that I need to spend this > >>> quarter, and I'd like to get an ultrabook. Thing is, I'm not finding > any > >>> ultrabooks that meet my needs (13", high resolution screen, 8 GB RAM, > >>> comfortable keyboard) and am beginning to contemplate buying a MacBook > >>> Air and running Linux natively on it (i.e, wipe OS X completely from > it). > >>> > >>> I've found this help.ubuntu.com page which suggests that 12.04 works > >>> well on last year's MB Air: > >>> > >>> https://help.ubuntu.com/**community/MacBookAir4-2< > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookAir4-2> > >>> > >>> However, I'm not finding any information about this year's Intel Ivy > >>> Bridge version of the laptop. > >>> > >>> Can anyone point me to reliable information or personal experience with > >>> this? > >>> > >> > >> As a follow-up I've successfully installed and am running 12.04 natively > >> on the MBA. I've written up the process in the Apple Users subforum of > >> Ubuntu Forums: > >> > >> http://ubuntuforums.org/**showthread.php?t=2039799< > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2039799> > >> > >> There's a fair bit to do post-install, but it pretty straightforward and > >> is mostly the same as what you'd do on the 2011 MBA. > >> > >> Scott > >> > >> > >Nice work. > > > >-- > >*Benjamin Kerensa* > >*http://benjaminkerensa.com* > >*"I am what I am because of who we all are" - Ubuntu* > > > >-- > >Ubuntu-us-or mailing list > >[email protected] > >Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or > -- > Ubuntu-us-or mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or > -- Benjamin Kerensa Tech Pundit & Social Media Guru <http://www.benjaminkerensa.com> Phone: (503) 564-8608 <http://facebook.com/bkerensa> <http://twitter.com> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/115750270177636397262> <http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/bkerensa/> <http://www.reddit.com/user/bkerensa> <http://flickr.com/bkerensa> <http://benjaminkerensa.com> <http://wiki.ubuntu.com/bkerensa> <http://www.last.fm/user/bkerensa> *This message may contain information which is privileged or confidential. If you are not the named addressee of this message please destroy it without reading, using, copying or disclosing its contents to any other person.*
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