[ubuntu-uk] My new Ubuntu-flavoured ThinkPad is computing heaven

[John Stevenson]

On 18 May 2011 09:16, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenwood at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 18 May 2011 08:55, alan c <aeclist at candt.waitrose.com> wrote:
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>> On 17/05/11 23:25, Tony Scott wrote:
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>>> Review of Ubuntu on ThinkPad X220
>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/may/17/computing-opensource
>>>
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>> Nice review and nice publication. A bit difficult to see where he
>> purchased it though? It sounds a bit like it came with Windows and he
>> installed Ubuntu himself.
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> I don't think you can buy Lenovos without Windows as they're very proud of
> their Experience package for Windows 7 Professional, but as Cory points out,
> Ubuntu seems to just work. That X1 does look very nice.
>
> s/
>

The only place I could find to buy a Lenovo with Ubuntu on it was Linux
Emporium (http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/).  Unfortunately when they did
advertise the model I wanted to buy (x201 tablet) it was around £700 more
expensive than buying it from Lenovo directly with Windows 7.

In the end, I purchased the Lenovo X201T from Lenovo which came with Windows
7.  However, I opted for the cheapest hard drive option and bought a 128GB
SSD from ebuyer.com - which works out a lot cheaper than buying any of the
SSD options from Lenovo.

Swapping out the hard drive requires only a Philips head screw driver.  Undo
one screw to release the hard drive cage.  Undo four screws to release the
hard drive from the cage.  Screw in the SSD and slip the cage back into the
laptop.  Really easy.

I installed Ubuntu (11.04) on the SSD and if I do need to sell the laptop
with windows in the future, I just have to swap the hard drive back.

Thank you.
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