[ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

[mahad at london.com]

Any laptop with good spec will work with Ubuntu have fun

 

 


 

 

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From: Kingsid3 . <kingsid3 at gmail.com>
To: UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Sun, Jan 16, 2011 5:42 pm
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?


If it were me i'd just look for a laptop that i like. 98% of things

can be fixed IMO with some terminal fun :)



Whats your budget?



Simon



On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 5:39 PM, George Tripp <luggeorge at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Up to now I've put Ubuntu on ancient PCs I already had. Currently I'm thinking

> about getting a laptop but don't want to spend my hard earned cash find I've

> bought something that can't run the operating system I wish to.

>

> Looked at a couple of companies which will sell machines without any op 

system.

> Pcspecialists: apparently there's a problem that the touchhpad doesn't work 

with

> ubuntu

> Novatech: don't know if their hardware is compatible with ubuntu or not

>

> Looked round PC World a few machines there look reasonable spec/price but 

don't

> appear on the Ubuntu-certified hardware list.

>

> What do other people do? Any advice?

>

>

>

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