pc/laptop

[Ilija Milicevic]

Under Hardy and Jaunty, I never went over a gig, but then again, I didn't
use Opera and FF is more efficient with memory use. I just have RAM to spare
and prefer the Opera UI.

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Tek Ang <rugbeeprop at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Depending on what it is you are using the notebook for. Now days, 2 GB is
> pretty standard for any system.
>
> For myself, I have HP Pavillion DV9616CA and  just upgraded from 2 GB to 3
> GB. There was no particular reason for the upgrade other than I found a good
> deal for the memory.  My typical usage are internet, music, movie, and
> tinkering around the system. I like to keep my system lean and trim, so I
> have not had any issue with speed or lack of memory.
>
> My kids have an IBM ThinkPad T42 with only 1 GB. There is an obvious
> difference in term of processing speed, but for the kids, it does what they
> want it to do, i.e. internet (webkins, youtube, flash games).
>
>
> :: Ang Tek Gie
> :: rugbeeprop at yahoo.com
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Ilija Milicevic <engr3337 at gmail.com>
> *To:* The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> *Sent:* Fri, January 14, 2011 12:20:18 AM
> *Subject:* Re: pc/laptop
>
> If it's a new laptop it should run Maverick without any issues. You can't
> buy a new one with under 3GB of RAM and I never go over 2GB and I'm quite a
> resource hog). About a gig on Opera and another 300MB on Chrome, running for
> a bit over a week without a reboot lol.
>
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 8:26 PM, jl <j_lp at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hi raymond my name is John Papineau I am the tech for the Ubuntu
>> Kootenay group in Nelson bc
>>
>> how much memory do you have on your notebook and how big is your cpu and
>> how much memory do you have on your notebook
>>
>> I need to know the following thing before I can find out if your
>> notebook can run ubuntu
>>
>> thank
>>
>> Ubuntu kootenay group
>>
>> John Papineau
>>
>> On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 15:08 -0500, raymond house wrote:
>> > Hello everyone, I have the Ubuntu CD 10.10 desktop edition, I want to
>> > install it on a new laptop, is there anything stopping me from doing
>> > this?  I searched around and cant find info pertaining to this so I
>> > assume it make,s no difference. Am I correct ?  Thanks,  Ray
>>
>>
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