Alex <[email protected]> wrote: > I in a desperate need of a new notebook/laptop for the oncoming school > year. > ... > Could somebody please recommend, based on the personal experience, a > decent notebook with the following characteristics: > > 1. 15 - 17" Display > 2. Turion II or less desirable Athlon II dual core CPU. Quad core is > fine as long as it's AMD > 3. 1 GB Ethernet controller > 4. Wi-Fi Wireless 802.11b/g/n controller which is known to work with > Linux without excessive headaches. > 5. nVidia integrated graphic controller. In the worst case scenario I > can live with ATI Radeon. > 6. At least 4GB DDR3 RAM expandable up to 8GB. I don't want to have > older and slower DDR2 RAM. > 7. Preferably in black or other non-flashy matte colors. I don't like > that bright and cheesy silverish goldish el'cheapo glossy colors.
Hi Alex, I recent bought the following for my Mom; $400 at Staples.com: Compaq Presario CQ61-420US (look up reviews & specs on newegg) I installed Ubuntu 10.4 which runs flawlessly. It does _not_ have a 1GB Ethernet NIC though, just 10/100. And no PCCARD slot either; you'd have to use the USB ports for faster Ethernet. Still, for the money it seemed like a good deal. Might want to scuff up the shiny black casing - major fingerprint magnet... Good luck with the search, Jeff _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
