On 26 June 2011 22:49, Matthew Wild <[email protected]> wrote: > On 26 June 2011 18:14, Alan Pope <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 25 June 2011 20:05, alan c <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Purchased new notebook laptop 'MeeNee' brand (?) > >> > > > > I managed to blag one from the manufacturer to review on the podcast. > > If there's any specific things people want tested on this thing, let > > us know. > > > > Of all things, I'm curious about the wifi kill switch. I've > encountered laptops in the past where they are software-based (as > most/all seem to be nowadays) and don't work terribly well in > Ubuntu/Linux. This kind of issue affects battery life and being able > to use them in (supposed) no-wifi-allowed places. Actually since it > appears to have Bluetooth, the same questions apply there... > > I've seen a few laptops with kill switches now and haven't found one that doesn't work with Ubuntu. There's usually a method of turning them off in BIOS.
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