From experience, the pcspecialists machines work faultlessly with Ubuntu. Just fyi, You do need to use a proprietary wifi driver though. Sent from my HTC Desire HD running Android <div class="gmail_quote">On 16 Jan 2011 17:40, "George Tripp" <<a href="mailto:luggeorge@yahoo.co.uk">luggeorge@yahoo.co.uk</a>> 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? > > > > > > -- > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> > <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a> </div>