[ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices

[Rob Beard]

Jai Harrison wrote:
> Hey All,
> 
> The time is approaching, the time when I buy a new laptop.
> 
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> 
> I would like to set the budget at one thousand pounds (£1,000) as I'm
> a student and so that's already pushing it for the price. I need all
> of the money I can get to put towards university.
> 
> Jai / "Venko"
> 

Well I'd say my Dell Latitude D610 is really well supported.  Everything 
works out of the box.  I can't say I've tried the newer Latitudes (D630) 
but looking at the spec, they seem to be pretty much the same with an 
Intel CPU/chipset, Intel Wireless (although IIRC they have Nvidia video 
on board rather than ATI, although this might just be the model we got 
in at work).

Maybe you might be worth looking at the Dell Ubuntu laptops.  I'm sure 
you could probably get a pretty decent dual core laptop for around the 
£600 mark which would last you for a good couple of years.  Might be 
worth checking out about insurance too, just for that piece of mind.

Rob