[ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

[George Tripp]

Don't really want to go beyond £500ish.



----- Original Message ----
> 
> 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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> >
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