Simple, while subjective, could be just buying one from System76. Cheapest would be to buy a low powered or used one then installing Ubuntu yourself. I picked up a refurbished Asus off Newegg for ~$300, and it has been running Fedora like a champ. I've tried Ubuntu on it and didn't have a problem. On Dec 20, 2014 7:53 PM, "Olli Ries" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Nicholas Stewart <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I'm looking to get a laptop to run Ubuntu with basic req's like 4 GB > > RAM and 250+ GB hard drive. > > > > What's the simplest/cheapest way to do this? > > > > Most Lenovo's will do and you can get their consumer laptops for ~$400 > ($380 for a G Series one atm on sale). > Dell's XPS 13 is the developer laptop and certified, but >$1000. > > NVidia and ATi gfx chips typically work fine, but Intel GFX is best > supported and given your specs you aren't looking at framerate intensive > gaming or graphics applications. > > I have a Dell XPS 12, 8GB Ram (iirc, need to check), 512GB SSD, i7 2.7GHz, > 13months old which can be yours for $700, the camera however is not working > under Linux (Ubuntu 14.10) > > hth, > O. > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
