[ubuntu-uk] a new laptop

[colum.phillips at talktalk.net]

 I am sending this from my wife's new Dell laptop, it came loaded with 7.10 and works fine. It is also very fast compared with a windows machine.

Regards

Colum.


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Barber <andrew.alex.barber at gmail.com>
To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Sun, 11 May 2008 4:27
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] a new laptop












2008/5/10 Mac <Ammonius.Grammaticus at googlemail.com>:



London School of Puppetry wrote:



> Hi there I am about to buy a new laptop- I was told that Dell do one with

> Hardy Heron already installed. Is this ok, oe should I get one with nothing

> then put HH onto it. I suppose this is just

> -- -basic advice I need. Caroline






I bought Dell's entry-level laptop last year (then, the 6400N) with

Feisty pre-installed. ?Worked flawlessly; ?and upgraded to Gutsy without

a hitch.



Dell are currently selling these:



http://tinyurl.com/34fctn



The laptops look as though they come with Gutsy. ?Should upgrade OK in

the normal way.



I've been very happy with my Dell laptop - solid, reliable, and the

cheap one seems good value for money. ?I'd buy another if I needed a laptop.



Only thing to mention is that Dell partitions the disk rather

idiosyncratically. ?If you want a classic partitioning scheme - e.g.

'/' + 'swap' + '/home' - you're going to have to reinstall Ubuntu on the

Dell. ?And in that case, you might want to consider other options, where

you'd have to install the OS yourself anyway. ?But, of course, you can

be confident with the Dells that the hardware will work, even if you do

reinstall.



HTH



Mac














http://www.linuxpreloaded.com/
May help you to fins a good source for a GNU/Linux pre-installed laptop. :)? 

Hope it helps. 






-- 
Andrew Alexander Barber


 





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