<p>On Jul 2, 2012 9:05 AM, "doug livesey" <<a href="mailto:biot023@gmail.com" target="_blank">biot023@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Very interesting, cheers for that.<div>I'm pretty sure my next machine is *not* going to be a mac, but still want something really performant & cool-looking. :)</div><div>(I'll be spending a lot of time, there, after all.)</div>
<div>The S series was about the best spec non-apple laptop that I found in my noodling around -- although if there were any recommendations, here, I'd be grateful to hear 'em.</div><div>Cheers,</div><div> Doug.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 July 2012 23:50, Simon Greenwood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sfgreenwood@gmail.com" target="_blank">sfgreenwood@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On 1 July 2012 23:17, doug livesey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:biot023@gmail.com" target="_blank">biot023@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div><div>
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Hi -- has anyone got Ubuntu up & running on a Sony Vaio S series?<div>I've read a little bit that suggests there may be difficulties with the graphics drivers, which switch between two modes.</div><div>Just wondered, is all -- I was fantasising about a new machine & playing with the online configurers, and the Vaio S series looks bloody lovely! :)</div>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div><div>There are open source Intel HD 4000 drivers according to Phoronix, and for another £100 you can have an Nvidia card that is supported through Additional Drivers. You could always go to a Sony store with a Live USB ;)</div>
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<div><br></div></font></span></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>As I've related before, I got a System 76 machine which are pretty good value before the delivery from the US and customs costs. They're sold in this country under the Clevo brand - <a href="http://pcspecialist.co.uk">pcspecialist.co.uk</a> sell them, and they are very configurable. Not exactly Ultrabooks but decent machines and will support Ubuntu as is, possibly with the System76 drivers, although I recently upgraded mine from 11.10 to 12.04 and it seemed to be fine without them.</div>
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