[ubuntu-us-nm] Ubuntu Laptop

[E C]

Thanks!
   
  My daughter does video as well as the mundane type of stuff. Is there good software for that on the Ubuntu platform?

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Kurt von Finck <mneptok at mneptok.com> wrote:
  On Mon, 18 May 2009 09:24:07 -0700 (PDT)
E C wrote:

> Hello Everyone:
> 
> My daughter just graduated high school and is going off to college.
> Is there somewhere in Albuquerque to buy Ubuntu loaded laptops? 

How much computing power does she need, and what are you looking
to spend?

If the requirement is a laptop capable of word processing, web
surfing, e-mail, media playback, and other fairly mundane tasks,
I would heartily encourage you to look at the Sylvania Meso G
netbook from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-GNET28001SO-Netbook-Processor-Ubuntu/dp/B001DIY2D4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1242665356&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-GNET28001SN-Netbook-Processor-Ubuntu/dp/B0002GO60M/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1242665356&sr=8-2

My wife uses one of these as her primary computer, and is very
satisfied with it. It is not terribly expensive, meaning that if
she damages or loses it, you will not have lost a lot of money.

Other than that, you're basically looking at Dell if you want a machine
pre-loaded with Ubuntu:

http://www.dell.com/ubuntu

Personally, I would prefer the Sylvania to a Dell. The build quality is
excellent, and in six months of usage we have yet to need any type of
technical support (knock wood).

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