<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> David Whyte wrote: <blockquote cite="mid5df807700708220442n75c6ce96k23c1382eb04ca001@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 8/22/07, Christopher Davis <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:cnd551@uow.edu.au"><cnd551@uow.edu.au></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hi all, I'm contemplating purchasing a new laptop and plan on using it with Ubuntu as it's been a favoutite for the past 12 months and I don't want to change back to M$. I was wondering if anyone has had any success in running ubuntu on a laptop and getting most of the hardware working pretty easily. Also is anyone aware of any stores that are willing to sell laptops without V!$TA? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> My Toshiba laptop works OK for Ubuntu Fiesty, but the really important things like screen dimming on battery and the Fn + blah keys don't work and it is a fundamental floor with a lot of Toshiba laptops and the BIOS that they support (from what I could tell). I too am looking at a new laptop and like the look of the Dell XPS 1330m. According to a page I have been following on the wiki (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/InstallingUbuntuOnADellXPSM1330">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/InstallingUbuntuOnADellXPSM1330</a>) it seems like it will be well supported once gutsy comes out. HTH's, Whytey </pre> </blockquote> I have a rather elderly Toshiba Laptop myself and everything works perfectly.  Not something you will buy today but mainstream Toshiba's seem to be well supported.<br> Leslie<br> </body> </html>