On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 09:58 +0100, Matthew Bassett wrote: > On 16 June 2010 09:47, Bruno Girin <[email protected]> wrote: > > [...] the only ones I manage to configure with Ubuntu are the Latitude > > 2100 and 2110 but they only come with 9.10, not 10.04. [...] > > > > That doesn't sound very committed to Ubuntu to me. > > > > Shame because I would be on the market for a top of the range Vostro > > 3300 if the specs that say it comes with Ubuntu were actually true. It's > > doubly frustrating because Dell seem to be one of the few vendors who > > have a 13" laptop with decent specs (the other one I know of being Sony > > but I have no hope in hell of running Ubuntu on a Sony, let alone > > getting it Windows free). > > Try the Latitiude V13; I searched for Ubuntu, starting at the > http://www.dell.co.uk page, and this was one of the hits. If you ask > to personalise the cheapest version, it is offered with Ubuntu 09.10 > (I seem to remember). Not as cheap as a mini, but it looks pretty > slick...
Well that's my issue really: I am not on the market for a cheap laptop, I am actually looking for a business laptop with serious oomph and am ready to pay the price for it. But I don't want Windows on it. No wonder they say that their Ubuntu offering is not finding many takers if they only offer it on the low spec machines. > > The wierd thing is depending on which web page you start at (for > instance starting with http://www.dell.co.uk/ubuntu) seems to get you > different search results (searching from the aforementioned > http://www.dell.co.uk/ubuntu did not lead me to any ubuntu machines at > all). > > It appears that Dell UK are actually aiming their Ubuntu offerings at > businesses rather than individuals. I'm fine with this as I need it for business. But even then, it looks like the options you have are very limited and definitely not consistent with what their specs say. Bruno -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
