Recommend laptop

[Gilles Gravier]

Hi!


On 31/05/2017 11:21, Xen wrote:
> Liam Proven schreef op 31-05-2017 10:07:
>
>> Back around 2005 I visited Mark Shuttleworth's old London flat after
>> the launch party for Ubuntu 15.10. (He is the founder, CEO and sponsor
>> of Ubuntu.)
>>
>> It was full of Thinkpads. Ubuntu is mostly developed on Thinkpads.
>>
>> Take the hint.
>
> That if you want to be different you shouldn't use Thinkpads?
>
> Sorry, I am slow today.
>

Actually, any laptop that is full Intel chipsets works usually very
well. I've run Ubuntu 14.xx to 17.04 on old and new machines. WiFi
works, BT works, Ethernet works, Suspend/resume works, graphics
acceleration works... you name it. :) And no exotic things like NVIDIA's
Optimus chipsets to manage/ignore.

That said, the NVIDIA graphics drivers (Nouveau or proprietary) work
really well for 3D accelerated graphics... :)

I'd stay away from anything RADEON (but that's maybe just old time bias,
I haven't tried on newer ATI chipsets / drivers).

Again... Intel works usually 100%... Thinkpads are often pure Intel
inside... that's why they all work. Some nice Dell Lattitude laptops (I
have aLattitude E7240 for work, running Ubuntu 17.04 which boots in less
than 5 seconds on an SSD, and works exceedingly well).

Gilles