[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PC Specialist Laptops

[Alan Pope]

On 04/07/12 13:59, Colin Law wrote:
> Has anyone any experience of running Ubuntu on laptops from PC
> Specialist [1]?  I am particularly interested in the Genesys IV [2].
> They will supply without Windows with a reduction of £80.
>
> I believe they are based on Clevo laptops.
>

Not based on, they _are_ Clevo laptops.

The first thing that leaps off the screen at me is that genesisIV has an 
nVidia 'Optimus' video card.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/96552/how-well-will-nvidia-optimus-cards-be-supported-in-12-04

"nVidia's official position is that they have no plans to support 
Optimus on Linux - our graphics stack is engineered with an assumption 
that only one card is driving a given display, and it's not easy to work 
around."

Personally I'd avoid it and get something like a Lenovo.

Cheers,
-- 
Alan Pope
Engineering Manager

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