My wife, who has been using a MacBook (now almost 7 years old), has decided she'd like her next notebook to use Linux Ubuntu. I've been using it for years and been happy with it, and have installed Ubuntu on both a laptop and a desktop. Dual booting with Windows might be useful but not at all necessary - neither us have any plans to use Windows on the machine. The question now, in these days of Windows 8 and UEFI, is, what would be a good notebook to use, and whether dual booting is even much practical, or whether getting a machine with no OS or one with Ubuntu pre-installed would be a good idea. Preferably in somewhere near PDX, though we're open to shipping. Budget runs up to $600 or so.
Today we picked up a Lenovo ideapad Z585, which I was told ought to work for dual booting. But that's been a generic statement, and information about making it happen has been spotty. Until I'm confident of an Ubuntu install the box will not be opened. Indications via web searching so far are mixed. (I don't care to pay the $70+ restocking fee imposed once the box is opened.) If I can't so satisfy myself, it goes back to the store. I've been googling the subject, and comments on dual booting w/Windows 8 (and UEFI), from the Ubuntu site and elsewhere, seem to be all over the map. Any thoughts, or this machine or others? Randy Stapilus www.ridenbaugh.com Northwest politics and public affairs WA, OR, ID Weekly Briefings 503-852-0010 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
