[ubuntu-in] Budget Laptop for Linux

[Rohit R]

Not paying for Windows would help to reduce cost. Lenovo does sell laptops
with free DOS. But I see that Dell in India does not sell any such machine.
So I would suggest Lenovo. Their website lists all products with price. You
can make your choice according to your budget.

PS: Technically you can get a refund on Windows with *any brand* by
declining the Windows EULA that shows up and returning the discs. But
Windows 7 EULA is tricky and states that you must comply with the Laptop
Manufacturer's refund policy which in many cases is to return the whole
laptop for a refund and not a partial refund for Windows 7

On 21 June 2011 09:46, Narendra Diwate <narendra.diwate at gmail.com> wrote:

>  I am thinking of buying a Budget Laptop (About 25K INR, Not Netbook, so NO
> Atom or similar). Towards that end, because I want it to be fully compatible
> with Linux, was looking at Ubuntus page of supported/tested hardware (
> http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/). I find that Lenovo and Dell have
> the most models that are supposed to work well with Ubuntu. I assume broadly
> that this is true of all Distos.
>
> So these are my requirements:
>
> 1. Budget of 25K.
> 2. Atleast an Intel i3 or its AMD eqivalent. May go for Core2Duo if can't
> find one in budget.
> 3. Good battery life of atleast 4or5 hours.
> 4. 3GB RAM atleast.
> 5. Card Slot, Webcam, Bluetooth, Wifi.
> 6. Am looking at as light as possible in this budget, so if it comes with
> an Optical drive to reduce size/weight, so be it.
> 7. Atleast 250GB HDD.
> 8. Know to work with Debian/Ubuntu/Linux.
>
> Please advice if these are reasonable/outlandish expectations. Any specific
> models/brands to look at. Any recent experiences that you went thru. Any
> Deals out there etc.
> --
> Regards
>
> Narendra Diwate
>
>
>
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Rohit R
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Dept of Physics
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