Desk top replacement

[O. Sinclair]

O. Sinclair wrote:
> Neil Winchurst wrote:
>> My brother uses Windows XP at the moment. He is considering replacing
>> his rather old desktop with a laptop. I am also considering the same
>> thing as my desktop is taking up too much room in the third bedroom
>> which I use as my study. (Comments have been made, especially now that
>> we have grandchildren who are getting old enough to visit and stay with us.)
>>
>> So I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations or comments re
>> laptops to replace our desktops. Weight would not be a consideration, it
>> is mainly to take up less room. Incidentally my brother would consider
>> going over to Linux. For what he does on his computer it would be very
>> easy to convert him.
>>
>> So anyone...???
> I am surprised you did not get x number of replies to this one...
> If you live in the US you can buy preconfigured from System76 and some 
> others. They come with Ubuntu Gnome but it should not be a problem to 
> configure KDE on them.
> 
> Otherwise I would go Dell simply because they are involved with Ubuntu. 
> Sadly they do not offer many pre-loaded but buy any laptop of your 
> choice with as much Intel components as possible. Again because Intel 
> provides good opensource drivers. While Nvidia graphics in theory are 
> better I find that the Intel just works "out of the box". Same goes for 
> wireless etc.
> 
> I am not going to say anything about screensize, cpu etc as basically 
> most modern laptops are good and it is up to you and your budget. If 
> anything I would avoid AMD processors due to personal experience.
> 
Have to correct myself slightly. Again in USA if you go to Dell and 
search for "Ubuntu" you actually get quite a few laptops offered.