[ubuntu-uk] a new laptop

[Kris Douglas]

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 9:10 PM,  <matt at mattjones.me.uk> wrote:
>
> Quoting Neil Greenwood <neil.greenwood.lug at gmail.com>:
>
>  > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 4:45 PM, London School of Puppetry
>  > <lspinfo at gmail.com> 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
>  >>
>  >
>  > Hi Caroline,
>  >
>  > I bought this Dell Inspiron 1525 (the basic model) about a month ago.
>  > It came with Gutsy pre-installed. I agree with Mac's comments about
>  > the partitioning: it came with 4 partitions
>  > 1. a click-through license application that only appears the first
>  > time you boot,
>  > 2. a copy of the Dell-specific Ubuntu ISO image, for re-installing,
>  > 3. the root partition,
>  > 4. the swap partition.
>  >
>  > The only minor niggle I've noticed so far is that I can't enable
>  > Compiz. I've only tried once though, and I didn't look for what the
>  > error message was. Other than that, it's a very nice machine.
>  >
>  > Hwyl,
>  > Neil.
>  >
>  > --
>  > ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
>  > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
>  > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>  >
>
>  Dell do a couple, the inspiron as mentioned above, and the XPSm1330.
>   From spending about ten minutes playing with a 1525, they seem to be
>  much better than the older inspirons, in terms of build quality. Some
>  of the previous ones have been pretty skanky.
>
>  The m1330 is a nice, compact notebook, which has got a lot of positive
>  reviews.
>  It depends on what you are looking for in a notebook, I think that a
>  13 inch is about as large as is conveniently portable, although still
>  much less than something such as the EEE or the tiny sony things.
>
>  Mj

I have an M1330, for other stuff.. (an inspiron as my main) The build
quality is exceptional.

Well recommended.


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