[Deaf-lug] Laptops

[Fintan Gaughan]

I like the look of this one

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/140709

Worried If ubuntu might not work, Well I can get things to work but I
dont have the time to be configuring things.
At that price I will be able to get other things like upgradeing my PC
to act as a server.


Fintan




2008/6/27 JGJones <mailinglist at gwallgofi.com>:
> Shops won't let you run a live distro? Exactly what is stopping you from
>  going up to the laptops on demo and popping open the CD drive and pressing
> the power button and booting up? :)
>
> I do this at PC World, John Lewis, Curry, smaller stores etc all the time
> and walk off leaving them in the live distro where it works well (it get a
> lot more interest than Windows does as it's something new, different etc and
> people can actually play around a bit unlike watching the useless demo
> video.
>
> Anyway laptop for £300:
>
> http://dell.co.uk/ubuntu
>
> Get it without Windows too.
>
> If you have the money, get the XPS M1330 - they are seriously nice laptops.
> My brother have the Inspiron laptop (£350 for him) and he's perfectly happy
> with it too and like Ubuntu a lot too.
>
> Fintan Gaughan wrote:
>>
>> Now that I got my bonus from work I want to treat myself to a laptop
>> so I can take it to local LUG.
>>
>> problem is which to go for?
>>
>> Dell laptop are likley to be linux compatable and I have been fixing
>> peoples high end laptops and before
>> giving it back i run a live ubuntu distro and everything works.
>>
>> Shops wont let me run a live distro before I buy and beside being
>> rural I always buy online.
>>
>> any recomendations?
>>
>> buget under £300 cheaper the better really. (if i get it any cheaper
>> id like to get a nintendo wii )
>>
>> I dont do games (yeah i know nintendo wii but its for kids) , but like
>> to watch mythtv or dvds from laptop
>>
>>
>> Fintan
>>
>
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