I'd say go for a dell 15 series. (1545, 1664) With the ATI card, of course. I hear that card works fine in linux... I have the 1545 with the Intel chipset and I have absolutely no complaints.
Jason On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 2:38 PM, William Chambers <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey Folks, > > I'm looking at getting a new laptop within the next month and would like > some thoughts. I don't really keep track of the 'latest and greatest' > tech when it comes to laptops so it'd be nice to have some help. > > I'm looking to use it mostly for Coding and some mid-range gaming > (Sauerbraten, Half Life 2, Starcraft 2 ETC) and don't really require the > ability to max settings although I wouldn't complain of course. ;) It > should probably be noted that I'll be compiling on the go so a decent > CPU is a must. Also it's important that it has a decent battery life > (somewhere above the range of 2 hours or at the very least a 'power > save' feature.) as I intend to be traveling and may not always have a > socket. > > My budget is about a thousand dollars although I'm willing to stretch to > about 1.1k. > > Currently looking at three options. > http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Studio-15-6-Inch-Obsidian- > Laptop/dp/B002PY7OTE > http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-DV6-2162NR-15-6-Inch-Laptop-Up- > Battery/dp/B0031ESWP2 > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00361G0ZO > > Thanks for your time looking things over. Hopefully I've found a few that > are at least kinda/sorta close to what I need. > -- > William Chambers / Bios Element > http://bioselement.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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