Ubuntu-Chicago laptop shopping

[m.mccune at comcast.net]

I bought one of the Acer 3680s a few weeks ago. All the hardware 
is detected and setup without a flaw by Ubuntu 6.06 (even the 
wireless card). At 6 pounds it is still fairly portable.

The Intel mobile graphics card is well supported. While it is not as 
fast as the Nvidia or ATI cards, it does support OpenGL. I tried Quake II 
in OpenGL mode and got 30-40fps in 1024x768 mode. Not great but 
usable.

> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:48:56 -0500
> From: Matthew M Angeles <matt.angeles at gmail.com>
> Subject: Ubuntu-Chicago laptop shopping
> To: ubuntu-us-chicago at lists.ubuntu.com
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> Anyone know of any good laptop deals under 600? I'm looking to get 
> something that will last but I don't need it to be fancy. IAll I plan on 
> doing on it is running ubuntu w/beryl and I don't need all the bells and 
> whistles on beryl, writing papers, surfing the net, checking my email 
> and maybe running some emulators but most run on half-way decent 
> pentiums III's.
> 
> I found two at mircocenter I liked. The acer 5100-3336 but it's $650 and 
> its about 50 bucks too much. Maybe it's worth the extra 50. And the Acer 
> 3680 but it has an intel graphic card. Will intel's graphic card run 
> well in Ubuntu with beryl?
> 
> Let me know what you guys think. Most of you are way more experienced 
> running ubuntu then me.
> 
> Thanks for your help
> redDEAD
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