[clue-tech] Linux laptops

[Brian Gibson]

It's official.  Dell has entered the foray of pre-installed Linux desktop/notebook systems.

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=us&l=en&s=dhs

You're looking at at least a $50 savings over a similarly configured Windows system which you can either pocket or use towards a Canonical support contract since Dell is only supporting the hardware.  ATI hardware is not a configurable option for obvious reasons.  (Hopefully this will be the kick ATI needs to hurry up with some official drivers for Linux.)  What is oddly missing are the higher-end NVIDIA options on the XPS model.

The notebook ships with 512MB ($50 difference) instead of 1GB due to the lower system requirements of Ubuntu vs Vista.



----- Original Message ----
From: Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <xonker at gmail.com>
To: CLUE tech <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 1:54:22 PM
Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Linux laptops

On 5/20/07, Jeff Cann <jccann at gmail.com> wrote:
> They have some great-looking systems with a lot of customizations.  Has
> anyone purchased from them?

I haven't purchased from them, but I did a review of one of their
laptop systems a few months ago:

http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/20/1328237

Overall -- great laptop. Suspend/resume didn't work so well, which I
could care less about since I rarely use suspend/resume.

The next time I buy a laptop, they're at the top of the list.

Best,

Zonker

-- 
Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier
Editorial Director - Linux.com
xonker at gmail.com
http://www.dissociatedpress.net/
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