Krishnakant wrote: > On Sun, 2009-09-20 at 00:06 +0530, Mehul Ved wrote: > >> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Lynus Vaz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, all of you, for your help and advice. I was just looking to avoid >>> paying for windows, which I'll never use, anyway. I'm basically looking for >>> a good machine, and don't mind trying out the preloaded distro: it'll be >>> replaced soon, anyway. I'll do some research online first, as you suggested >>> before buying one. >>> >> What are your requirements? Acer Aspire 4736 seems like a really good >> laptop to me especially at the price range. And that it supports >> ubuntu well would mean that most distros should work fine. >> > Also in general Thinkpads are good but that also depends on the budget. > At the given price range and the respective specs which Mehul > investigated, the one he suggestes would look very tempting to me at > least. > > > Avoid Lenovo and Sony. Lenovo is no way near the old IBM quality.
Go for Acer if you want value for money. Dell Studio 15 if you want multimedia performance. HP Pavilion if you don't want Acer or Dell. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
