[ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

Gordon Burgess-Parker gbplinux at gmail.com
Mon Jan 24 08:46:52 UTC 2011


On 16/01/2011 17:39, George Tripp 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?
>
>
>
I've had two Toshiba Satellite laptops in sequence, the current one 
being about two years old now, and both ran Ubuntu flawlessly. (Neither 
had a built in webcam though...)



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