Sorry, you are right, it's good for another year. But there is still the issue with the wifi.
On 7 April 2016 at 17:39, Jim Price <d1vers...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Tony, > > I'm still using 12.04 - I thought it was supported for 5 years, so there's > another year to go. Also, I would expect a machine which runs 12.04 would > manage 16.04 without too much trouble, and might be cheaper as it has an > older OS on it. There's not much else around at the £200 mark. > > Jim > > > On 07/04/16 17:31, Tony Pursell wrote: > >> Hi Jim >> >> I wouldn't by that one as one comment say it comes with 12.04 (which is >> out >> of support) and you can't easily update it because of the driver for the >> Realtek wifi card. >> >> I would go for any other computer that will run 14.04 or 16.04 out of the >> box, whether or not I had to overwrite the Windows on it. You don't save >> much money by going for one with Ubuntu on it. >> >> Tony >> >> On 7 April 2016 at 16:26, Jim Price <d1vers...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> Does anyone know of a supplier of Ubuntu laptops who would accept payment >>> by cheque? I'm told eBuyer don't for this one: >>> >>> http://www.ebuyer.com/705955-hp-455-quad-core-laptop-l8b56es >>> >>> Any alternatives in a similar price range (£200 after trade-in for this >>> one) would be appreciated too. >>> >>> JimP >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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