Thanks for your comments. I think I probably will buy one, and let you know how I get on. I am not a big gamer so hopefully the graphics won't be an issue, and I can't type that fast so likewise with the keyboard. As I haven't used windows for a couple of years, and don't feel I am missing anything, I wanted something without an os, which isn't easy to find. On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 14:51 +0100, Jim Price wrote: > On 13/05/11 10:57, Richard Smith wrote: > > I am thinking of buying a xenon 14" laptop from pcspecialist, can anyone > > see any major problems with ubuntu on it. > > http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/xenon/ > > The Xenon has the Sandy Bridge laptop processor/chipset. Ubuntu 11.04 > has Sandy Bridge support. I'm not sure about previous releases, but I > would expect getting them to work might involve using a PPA or two. > > Removing the OS does reduce the price by the cost of the OS. That is > rather rare to see - even Dell Ubuntu machines don't tend to manage that. > > I would point out that it has a glossy screen (which I'm not a fan of, > but can live with) and the photos suggest the keyboard has a single > height return key (my personal keyboard pet hate - but many Acer laptop > photos have that whereas the UK spec machines have the proper double > height return key). In fact, the photos are of a machine with a US keyboard. > > The graphics won't win any prizes either, but should be OK. > > Another thing which annoys me about Intel laptops is the need to > research the processor in detail to ensure it supports the features I > need - that just isn't an issue with AMD laptops, as they don't remove > features for marketing purposes. At least with this laptop you have a > choice of processors. I just wish the AMD ones had better battery life. > > It doesn't mention eSATA or USB 3 in the specs, and it isn't clear to me > if it has an ExpressCard slot. If it has none of those, that is going to > make it awkward to connect fast external devices. > > Those are the only criticisms I would have from looking at the web page. > The only things which would to stop me adding this to my list of > possibilities for my next laptop are the US keyboard and the ExpressCard > slot, and both of those are things which the suppliers may be able to > confirm are not problems anyway. Other than that, it looks like a rather > nice laptop for a pretty good price without Windows. I'd be interested > to know more about it if you get one. > > -- > JimP > >
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