I am using Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit on a Dell with 8 GB RAM, Core i5 and it serves my purpose with the latest Java SDK and STS. Well, it sure does not answer your track-pad requirement though. The HDMI out serves good with the other large monitor and I don't lose out on portability either. All drivers have been recognized by Ubuntu [except for the proprietary nVidia ones] and almost works zero-config.
My only problem is that I am constantly maxing out 8 GB and looking for an upgrade to 16 GB. Regards On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:00 AM, Jan Goyvaerts™ <[email protected]> wrote: > I've successfully ran the various ubuntu's on Dell's and recent HP's. If you > intend to do graphics work I advise to take one with nVidia graphics card. > And certainly go for 64bit and +8GB ram. > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 08:23, Kirk <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I was about to buy a new laptop just as this disturbing news about Java >> came out. Now that I step back and take a better look at things, I think >> there is more than just that reason to go with something else. I have two >> reasons for Mac. First, the OS well integrated with the hardware, it is Unix >> and it just works out of the box. I'm not interested in messing with >> drivers. Second, is the trackpad. Every trackpad I've tried on Windows >> spec'ed hardware leaves me wanting to use a mouse. >> >> Question to the group is; what is a good choice for a laptop that has good >> Linux support? >> >> Regards, >> Kirk >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- Amarjeet Singh Phone: +91-98712-76661 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
