I want to buy a laptop compatible with Linux

[Matthew Voss]

As far as I can tell with my limited knowledge, the only thing you might
have trouble with is the card reader. You also might have trouble with the
modem.

Goo

On 9/28/07, Shawn McCuan <smccuan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> try http://www.system76.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "didier mariño" <didier_marinio at yahoo.es>
> To: <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>; <didier_marinio at yahoo.es>
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 10:04 PM
> Subject: I want to buy a laptop compatible with Linux
>
>
> Hello friends,
>
> I'm a Venezuelan guy - southamerica- who is interested
> on buying a laptop, but I would like to know the
> following points:
>
>
> 1) Is the  Hewlett-Packard Special Edition Notebook
> with AMD TurionT 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56 -
> White,  100% compatible with UBUNTU?.
>
> 2) Are there another good laptop brand, which costs no
> more than $1000,that some of you could recomend to
> me?.
>
> The cost of about computer at bestbuy is $999,99.
> I'm planing to import the computer from USA.
>
> The full information of the Hp Special Edition is:
>
> Warranty Terms - Parts 1 year limited
> Warranty Terms - Labor 1 year limited
> Product Height 1.5"
> Product Width 12.1"
> Product Weight 4 lbs.
> Product Depth 8.8"
> Processor Brand AMD Turion(TM) 64 X2
> Processor Speed 1.8GHz
> Display Type Convertible WXGA high-definition
> widescreen with BrightView technology (1280 x 800)
> Screen Size 12.1"
> System Bus Up to 1600MHz
> Cache Memory 512KB + 512KB on die Level 2
> System Memory (RAM) 1GB
> System Memory (RAM) Expandable To 2GB
> Type of Memory (RAM) DDR2
> Hard Drive Type Serial ATA (5400 rpm)
> Hard Drive Size 160GB
> Optical Drive Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW
> Optical Drive Speeds Drive speeds not available
> Direct-Disc Labeling No
> Digital Media Reader or Slots Yes, digital media card
> reader
> Diskette Drive No
> Graphics NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 (UMA)
> Video Memory Up to 287MB
> Personal Video Recorder (PVR) No
> TV Tuner No
> MPEG Yes
> Modem 56 Kbps*
> *Capable of receiving 56 Kbps downloads. However,
> current regulations limit download speed to 53 Kbps.
>
> Networking Built-in 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45
> connector)
> Wireless Networking Built-in high-speed wireless LAN
> (802.11b/g)
>
> S-Video Outputs 1
>
> Additional Audio/Video Connectors 1 SPDIF digital
> audio out
>
> Audio Altec Lansing
> Speakers Built-in
> PCMCIA Slots 1 ExpressCard/34
> USB 2.0 Ports 3
> IEEE 1394 FireWire Ports 1
> Parallel Ports None
> Serial Ports None
> Game Ports None
> Notebook Weight Ultraportable (less than 4.5 lbs.)
> Battery Type Lithium-ion
> Pointing Device Touchpad with on/off and dedicated
> vertical scroll up/down pad
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
>
>
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