[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PC Specialist Laptops

[Colin Law]

On 5 July 2012 09:10, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenwood at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 5 July 2012 08:48, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> On 4 July 2012 21:24, Alan Pope <alan.pope at canonical.com> wrote:
>> > On 04/07/12 13:59, Colin Law wrote:
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>> >> 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.
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>> >> I believe they are based on Clevo laptops.
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>> > Not based on, they _are_ Clevo laptops.
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>> > The first thing that leaps off the screen at me is that genesisIV has an
>> > nVidia 'Optimus' video card.
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>> > http://askubuntu.com/questions/96552/how-well-will-nvidia-optimus-cards-be-supported-in-12-04
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>> > "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."
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>> > Personally I'd avoid it and get something like a Lenovo.
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>> I was not going to get the nVidia card, which is optional.  I was
>> going for the integrated Intel HD graphics.
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>> As for Lenovo I attempted to use their website to find a laptop with
>> the following spec
>> 15.6" screen
>> i5 processor
>> 4GB Ram
>> 500GB disc
>> but completely failed, their website is rubbish.
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> Hmm, Insight have the Thinkpad Edge 15 but that's only i3. If you use
> Lenovo's selection system it gives you the IdeaPad Z580 but that's £600.

The PC Specialist Genesys IV with i5 processor 4GB/500GB and no OS is
£423.  Which is good value I think.

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