I was asked to 'suggest a laptop' , obviously I am looking for GNU/Linux friendly device.
The cost is no factor . Any laptop which is a bit light ( unlike the bulky dell's) and works great . It need not be an gaming machine but should pack a punch ( as per the recent times) .
It would be nice if details on 'servicing' are added .
an example machine would be : one which can run "compiz 3d + blender+ VLC+ FF(10 tabs one with gmail :P ) + OO" all at the same time :D
Regards, Pavithran
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On 04-Jul-2010, at 12:32, pavithran s pavi.eu@gmail.com wrote:
I was asked to 'suggest a laptop' , obviously I am looking for GNU/Linux friendly device.
The cost is no factor . Any laptop which is a bit light ( unlike the bulky dell's) and works great . It need not be an gaming machine but should pack a punch ( as per the recent times) .
Just yesterday I bought one Acer Aspire 5740 with Intel i3 processor, 3G ram, 320G HDD for my cousin It comes with Limpus Linux CLI.
I loaded Ubuntu 10.04 on the laptop from an USB bootable flash key.
All the devices including wifi, nic, audio, Bluetooth, web cam were detected and usable even from the live disk. (audio volume will need some twicking in future as it quite low).
I am unable to test in-built 3g, modem and SD card reader.
After it downloaded about 300 mb of updates and another 50 mb of audio and video codecs it played all those MP3s, avi, divx, vcd, DVD and even YouTube videos.
It wouldd be nice if details on 'servicing' are added .
Well at least the warranty card says it carries international warranty whatever that means.
an example machine would be : one which can run "compiz 3d + blender+ VLC+ FF(10 tabs one with gmail :P ) + OO" all at the same time :D
I have not given it much spin but the desktop was much responsive even when it was getting updates, I was copying some big video files over network and transfering some file with mobile phone over Bluetooth.
The user who is a cousin is a tech layman and hope him to hook to Ubuntu.
Regards, Pavithran -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
On 4 July 2010 16:03, Dinesh Shah dineshah@gmail.com wrote:
Just yesterday I bought one Acer Aspire 5740 with Intel i3 processor, 3G ram, 320G HDD for my cousin It comes with Limpus Linux CLI.
Have any one tried the i5 and i7 ( intel processor) ? Are any of the machines available in india ? what about AMD family ?
Hard disk is no factor as regular ones come with them no matter what . Good RAM is nice and should provide a slot for further expansion .
All the devices including wifi, nic, audio, Bluetooth, web cam were detected and usable even from the live disk. (audio volume will need some twicking in future as it quite low).
Maybe due to multiple speakers . One might not have been detected/recognised. Anyways since we are talking about ubuntu .. no surprise here !
Regards, Pavithran
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 5:19 PM, pavithran s pavi.eu@gmail.com wrote:
On 4 July 2010 16:03, Dinesh Shah dineshah@gmail.com wrote:
Just yesterday I bought one Acer Aspire 5740 with Intel i3 processor, 3G ram, 320G HDD for my cousin It comes with Limpus Linux CLI.
Have any one tried the i5 and i7 ( intel processor) ? Are any of the machines available in india ?
i5 was available by the cost difference was huge and the user is a biz user so no point in having additional CPU power.
what about AMD family ?
No clue.
All the devices including wifi, nic, audio, Bluetooth, web cam were detected and usable even from the live disk. (audio volume will need some twicking in future as it quite low).
Maybe due to multiple speakers . One might not have been detected/recognised. Anyways since we are talking about ubuntu .. no surprise here !
Hmmm... Nice pointer... I will check when I will be able lay my hand on the system again. :-)
Regards, Pavithran -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
With regards,
On Jul 4, 2010, at 12:32 PM, pavithran s wrote:
I was asked to 'suggest a laptop' , obviously I am looking for GNU/Linux friendly device.
I've heard Toshibas run OpenSolaris with all the bells and whistles. I guess the situation for GNU/Linux will be even better.
Don't buy Dell. We've had lots of problems with Dell in almost every office we operate in. Faulty power capacitors. More at NYT (link below)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/technology/29dell.html
Cheers,
Amol
On 05-Jul-2010, at 10:49 AM, Amol Hatwar wrote:
On Jul 4, 2010, at 12:32 PM, pavithran s wrote:
I was asked to 'suggest a laptop' , obviously I am looking for GNU/Linux friendly device.
I've heard Toshibas run OpenSolaris with all the bells and whistles. I guess the situation for GNU/Linux will be even better.
Don't buy Dell. We've had lots of problems with Dell in almost every office we operate in. Faulty power capacitors. More at NYT (link below)
Interesting reading. I avoid Dell as i have faced bad service and faulty parts on their computers. IBM / Lenevo is much much better. I think even HP is better.
Cheers,
Amol
On 5 July 2010 11:26, Saswata Banerjee & Associates scrapo@saswatabanerjee.com wrote:
Don't buy Dell. We've had lots of problems with Dell in almost every office we operate in. Faulty power capacitors. More at NYT (link below)
Interesting reading. I avoid Dell as i have faced bad service and faulty parts on their computers.
I am not looking for Dell's as most of the machines I have seen are bulky and gets into repairs easily .
IBM / Lenevo is much much better.
All the Lennovo's except few are coming with Windows 7 . Should I pay the OS price? Can't I get a refund ? Anyways which is the light weighing power packing laptop in lennovo series ?
I think even HP is better.
HP .. hmm any specific models ?
Regards, Pavithran
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