Just buy a Macbook Pro Dougie and have a pretty bsd laptop :P<div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>Andy G<br><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 July 2011 18:27, Oliver Burnett-Hall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:olly@burnett-hall.co.uk">olly@burnett-hall.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 10:47:12 +0100<br>
Dougie Nisbet <<a href="mailto:dougie@highmoor.co.uk">dougie@highmoor.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> There are a few nice notebook deals around at the moment (The Acer<br>
> Inspires in particular) that have generous hard-drive space and I'm<br>
> tempted. Most seem to ship with Windows 7. Would I be expecting a lot<br>
> of pain if I were to attempt a Linux (Mint) install to create a<br>
> dual-boot system?<br>
<br>
</div>You shouldn't have much trouble doing this.<br>
<br>
I got a new laptop recently and, as I'd been forbidden from completely<br>
wiping Windows off if (the other half needs it for itunes as she's got<br>
an iphone), I downloaded a Parted Magic live image and used that to<br>
shrink down the Windows partition and free up some space for Linux.<br>
<br>