On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Tim Wescott <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, January 22, 2010 11:23 am, frank hunt wrote: >> i know this question periodically shows up - but usually it is not when >> i am looking for a laptop so i don't pay much attention. >> >> anyways - need a general purpose laptop with the usual stuff on it - >> lots memory, cd/dvd/blu-ray, wireless, 500gb +/- hdd, etc. looking for >> recommendations. i'll probably put ubuntu on it unless there is a >> better option. also don't want to break the bank so <$700. ideas? >> comments? gotchas? >> >> tnx . . . >> >> > > Although other denizens of this list have offered to hurl on my shoes for > mentioning Acer, System 76 will sell you a nice Acer whitebox laptop with > Ubuntu already loaded. The one I got has lasted through three-four years > of moderately heavy use (it's my "get email when I'm upstairs" machine, as > well as my traveling machine). > > Of course, my previous laptop -- a Dell -- has lasted long enough that > it's now fit only for Xbuntu, and is built well enough that at twice the > age it looks less shabby than the System 76 one... > > You get the laptop, you get the system already loaded, and if it needs it > you get a special driver set from System 76 to make all the questionable > hardware bits play nice with Ubuntu. > > You _don't_ get Windows of any sort, so if you need something with Windows > that you can dual-boot or virtualize you're pretty much out of luck. > > -- > Tim Wescott > Control systems and communications consulting > http://www.wescottdesign.com > > Land line: 503.631.7815 > Cell: 503.349.8432 > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >
I have actually had good luck in the past with Acer gear. I wouldn't puke on your shoes :-) Drew- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
