<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 9:02 PM, alan c <<a href="mailto:aeclist@candt.waitrose.com">aeclist@candt.waitrose.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Rob Beard wrote:<br>
> Hi folks,<br>
><br>
> I'm on the lookout for a laptop for work which I can dual boot with<br>
> Vista & Ubuntu. I'm not fussed if it's an AMD or Intel based laptop but<br>
> I would like something with at least 1GB memory, an 80GB or higher hard<br>
> drive and a dual core CPU.<br>
><br>
> I just wondered if anyone could suggest such a laptop?<br>
><br>
> I was looking at the eSystem notebook at £279 from PC World with the 13"<br>
> screen but unfortunately it's not very well supported on Ubuntu.<br>
><br>
> Other options I was thinking of was the Acer Aspire 2920 with a 12.1"<br>
> screen or some of the HP Turion based notebooks at around £350.<br>
><br>
> The most I can really afford is about £375 although I could stretch to<br>
> £400 if it's got a smaller screen (I'd really like something with a 12"<br>
> to 14" screen so it's easier to lug around) or a quicker CPU etc.<br>
><br>
> Just wondered if anyone knew of anything around at the moment that would<br>
> come close?<br>
><br>
> I did have a look at Novatech's site, they seem pretty good at £300<br>
> without an OS but I wasn't sure about the on board SIS video card and if<br>
> it is well supported or not on Linux? (in a case of a notebook without<br>
> OS, I could get an OEM copy of Vista separately).<br>
><br>
> Unfortunately Vista is going to be a requirement as I have to support it<br>
> at the sites I'm covering.<br>
<br>
</div></div>If you have one of their retail outlets near to you (or know somebody<br>
who is near to them) you could consider novatech<br>
<a href="http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/" target="_blank">http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/</a><br>
<br>
The big reason to keep them in mind generally is that they are unusual<br>
in pricing their PCs both with and without Windows. I bought my recent<br>
desktop from them, without OS, at least to support them.<br>
<br>
In other ways they are a conventional Windows house, although one low<br>
end laptop was explicitly advertised in their newslettera few months<br>
ago as 'Runs Ubuntu', and it caused a minor stir in news items.<br>
<br>
Their few retail outlets are peaceful, organised places, not crowded<br>
because their main business is online, and it should be easy to get<br>
permission to run live CDs at least, for systematic tests there. It<br>
would also have the advantage that the staff would see ubuntu, as a<br>
potential sale, raise profile, etc etc etc.<br>
<br>
just a thought.<br>
<br>
Good luck<br>
<font color="#888888">--<br>
alan cocks<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>The cheapest 12" is £468, only the 15.4" ones are within his budget. I have a novatech laptop, the enormous P4 thing mentioned earlier. It is a rebadged Gericom, the same as many other small resellers sell. The build is Ok, but getting parts is a nightmare, probably due to them being sold under many different names. <br>
<br>Mj<br></div>