[xubuntu-users] macbook alike

[João Santiago]

They are quite good but lack at least a cd rom drive (that would be nice for
a hassle free ubuntu installation).

I've been looking at Samsung's notebooks and found some pretty decent (don't
know the price tag yet). The X1 - ultraportable with a top loading cd rom
drive; the X11, R60 and Q35. I'm going to compare 'em with the ThinkPads and
look for both price tags around here and feature compatibility with Ubuntu.

On 6/4/07, Illusha Nokhrin <illu45 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well, if its not aesthetics but portability you're looking for, I think
> that any ultraportable would do. I believe that the Thinkpad Series X are
> ultraportable. Also, I think just about every major laptop manufacturer has
> an ultraportable model.
>
> On 6/4/07, João Santiago <exalowprofile at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I live in Portugal, that, unfortunately is a barrier for getting good
> > laptops. Dell doesn't sell lappys with ubuntu pre-installed. But that's not
> > an issue, because I'm going to install it myself anyway. ThinkPads are sold
> > though.
> >
> > I'm looking for a notebook with the same form factor (small - very
> > portable) as a macbook, I don't really care for the aesthetics, because if I
> > would, I would go for an actual MacBook, tehy're just beautiful.
> >
> > On 6/4/07, Jim Campbell < jwcampbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 6/3/07, Allie Daneman <df at drainfade.com > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > You get what you pay for...if you want a rock solid laptop that
> > > > 'just works' out of the box get a Thinkpad. If you wanna screw around and
> > > > buy a machine that will break after being dropped once get something else ;)
> > > >
> > > > Adam Miller(maxamillion at gmail.com)@Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 08:08:48PM
> > > > -0500:
> > > > >
> > > > >    Stay away from ThinkPads if you are worried about price. I
> > > > would say
> > > > >    check out [1]sonystyle.com ... sony has for a very long time
> > > > tried to
> > > > >    be the "apple of the pc world" as far as design style goes, it
> > > > might
> > > > >    be a good place to look (you are probably going to need to go
> > > > with
> > > > >    lower end parts to keep cost down, but form factor should be
> > > > do-able)
> > > > >    and as long as you stick with an intel pro wifi card,
> > > > everything
> > > > >    should work off a fresh installation
> > > > >    -Adam
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The Thinkpad R series is pretty good for the price.  You can get a
> > > decently configured R60e for under / around $700.  I think it's kind of a
> > > cruel joke that their base R60e comes with 512mb of RAM and Windows Vista
> > > Home Premium by default.  That setup wouldn't run well at all.
> > >
> > > Has Dell come up yet?  We are talking about laptops on an
> > > X/Ubuntu-related mailing list, right?  Check out the inspiron e1505n with
> > > Ubuntu pre-installed.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, in terms of appearance, I don't think that you'll find
> > > much that will compare to the "cool" factor of a Mac.  I'm a fan of
> > > thinkpads, though, because they have what I think are the best keyboards.
> > >
> > > Have fun laptop hunting!
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
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