<div dir="ltr">My unscientific impression is that Dells are generally crappy :) sony's are good looking but proprietary boxes. I would really look into Toshiba, HP and Lenovo. See what's on the market, that's in your budget. Once you have some models google for compatibility (people screaming ..etc)<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Ahmed Toulan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thelinuxer@ubuntu.com">thelinuxer@ubuntu.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Dell works perfect with Ubuntu, but I don't recommend them because they overheat.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/7/5 Islam Hassan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eng.islam_hassan@hotmail.com" target="_blank">eng.islam_hassan@hotmail.com</a>></span><br>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2">"I HEAR" that Dells are awesome with Ubuntu, some models even come with Ubuntu pre-installed.</font><br><br><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt"><hr>Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 14:22:21 +0300<br>
Subject: Re: Ubuntu Laptop compatibility (IN EGYPT)<br>From: <a href="mailto:mahmoud.darweash@gmail.com" target="_blank">mahmoud.darweash@gmail.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-eg@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-eg@lists.ubuntu.com</a><div>
<div></div><div><br><br>I use toshiba satellite a500, i5, nvidia, 4gb rams for heave development. Compatiablity is awsome including the multimedia keys out of the box. Nothing is not working :) bluetooth, wifi, nvidia driver, camera....etc<br>
I wish this helps :)<br>
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<div>On Jul 5, 2011 11:30 AM, "Amahdy AbdElAziz" <<a href="mailto:amahdy7@gmail.com" target="_blank">amahdy7@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I second +Kamal, Lenovo is the best experience I ever seen so far. I don't<br>
> know what's your budget to recommend a specific model, but to start off<br>> there is a model coming with i3 processor, 3GB DDR3 and very good specs for<br>> ~3000LE<br>> <br>> -- Amahdy AbdElAziz<br>
> <a href="http://www.amahdy.net" target="_blank">http://www.amahdy.net</a><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:25, Ahmed Kamal<br>> <<a href="mailto:email.ahmedkamal@googlemail.com" target="_blank">email.ahmedkamal@googlemail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
> <br>>> What I can tell you, is that 90% of Ubuntu developers choose Lenovo laptops<br>>> (for new laptops, specifically the X series). Lenovos while not too good<br>>> looking, are known to generally be very Linux compatible, and since most<br>
>> devs are running that, any breakage is quickly fixed.<br>>><br>>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Mahmoud Fawzy <<a href="mailto:m.fawzy.linux@gmail.com" target="_blank">m.fawzy.linux@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Hi everyone,<br>>>><br>>>> I'm buying a new laptop soon isA, but I'm really concerned about Ubuntu<br>>>> compatibility, specially for what is available in the Egyptian market. So in<br>
>>> brief, I want you to tell me, (maybe based on personal experiences :D) what<br>>>> is available here, and how good does it do it with Ubuntu! I don't really<br>>>> want to buy then get into drivers' and hardware fights with my laptop :D...<br>
>>><br>>>> p.s: I know about <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/certification" target="_blank">http://www.ubuntu.com/certification</a> , and I also know<br>>>> that such info should be available online :D .. but I don't want to keep<br>
>>> doing reverse lookups for each model listed there (because simply many of<br>>>> them wont be available in Egypt :D) ...<br>>>><br>>>> --<br>>>> Regards,<br>>>> Mahmoud Fawzy<br>
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