David
It may be worth looking at Novatech.co.uk in Portsmouth, as they supply
computers & laptops without an OS or pick your own selection of M$ options.
Service is very good and normally no problems with replacements or
help. For us in the East Dorset it's an hours drive to go and
view/collect if that's required. On-line and Telephone help is also
available.
Here's plenty of help in the group as well as in the forums.
I changed when I bought a new Dell laptop with Vista installed, couldn't
get on with it and installed Ubuntu, dual booted and after a month found
I wasn't using Vista so reformatted and changed fully to Linux, never
looked back!
Good luck
*Clive A Wills*
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On 21/03/13 18:20, Terry Coles wrote:
On Thursday 21 Mar 2013 11:49:37 David Smith wrote:
One more question - the laptop I buy will have webcam and audio built in.
Will there be any problem with drivers?
Not with any laptops I've used, but they've all been Dell.
I can't speak for any other manufacturer's offerings, but audio and webcam
types are fairly well covered in Linux these days.
BTW, there is a potential issue with new Laptops that come with Windows 8; try
'Linux UEFI' in Google to get a flavour of the problem. There are
workarounds, but it might be better to avoid the issue and get an older model
that still retails with W7 on it. I know Staples and PC World have still got
stock and there are still plenty available online.
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