[Wolves] Which Laptop

[Zeth]

Hello Amrik,

I have a little Thinkpad and a Macbook Pro. Both of which can run Ubuntu.

My Thinkpad does the 3d stuff as it has an Intel graphics chip. The
Macbook however has an ATI chip, I use the default open source driver
which does not support 3D effects. There is a proprietary driver that
can be turned on but if I do that then I can't play videos.

Neither of those are cheap options, however I have seen some cheap
Asus laptops (e.g. Asus X58L) that have Intel graphics.

Best Wishes,
Zeth


2009/1/6 Amrik Singh <amo005 at hotmail.com>:
> Hi all and a Very Happy New Year,
>
> I've been reading your posts for a while now but haven't had the time to
> come along to your meetings. Am hoping to come along to your next one
> though.
>
> Prior to attending, however I do want to be familiar with Linux in
> particular Ubuntu. I was wondering if anyone could kindly point me in the
> direction of a laptop which would run the latest version of Ubuntu with any
> problems (have tried installing it on my Dell C400 (P3/1.2Gb/512) but failed
> miserably with it just hanging halfway through the installation).
>
> I dont' want to be spending too much but would like it to do all that fancy
> 3D stuff.
>
> Thanks
>
> Amo
>
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