[sclug] Recommendation for Laptop for Linux

[MM]

This is worth reading

http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2013/07/how-to-buy-laptop-pre-installed-with.html 


Novatech sell a range of laptops without an OS but they don't specifically support Linux

http://www.novatech.co.uk/laptop/ 



Mike






-----Original Message-----
From: sclug-bounces at sclug.org.uk [mailto:sclug-bounces at sclug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Neil Haughton
Sent: 06 December 2014 14:33
To: sclug at sclug.org.uk
Subject: [sclug] Recommendation for Laptop for Linux

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Olivier Lauret <olivier.lauret at googlemail.com>
> To: sclug at sclug.org.uk
> Cc:
> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 20:59:42 +0000
> Subject: [sclug] Recommendation for a laptop Hello Gents/Ladies,
>
> I am looking at buying a new laptop that would work well under Linux 
> (I'm more familiar with the lastest Ubuntu)? What I would like to have 
> is an
i7,
> 15' screen, weighting no more than 2.5kg if possible. I'm not a gamer, 
> so no big graphic card needed. It will be used primarily for coding 
> Would anyone have a recommendation?
>
> Regards,
> Olivier
>


Try the Linux Emporium (website). When I last looked they specialised in supplying laptops with a Linux distro installed (and I assume working properly).


Neil