Desk top replacement

[O. Sinclair]

Neil Winchurst wrote:
> My brother uses Windows XP at the moment. He is considering replacing
> his rather old desktop with a laptop. I am also considering the same
> thing as my desktop is taking up too much room in the third bedroom
> which I use as my study. (Comments have been made, especially now that
> we have grandchildren who are getting old enough to visit and stay with us.)
> 
> So I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations or comments re
> laptops to replace our desktops. Weight would not be a consideration, it
> is mainly to take up less room. Incidentally my brother would consider
> going over to Linux. For what he does on his computer it would be very
> easy to convert him.
> 
> So anyone...???
I am surprised you did not get x number of replies to this one...
If you live in the US you can buy preconfigured from System76 and some 
others. They come with Ubuntu Gnome but it should not be a problem to 
configure KDE on them.

Otherwise I would go Dell simply because they are involved with Ubuntu. 
Sadly they do not offer many pre-loaded but buy any laptop of your 
choice with as much Intel components as possible. Again because Intel 
provides good opensource drivers. While Nvidia graphics in theory are 
better I find that the Intel just works "out of the box". Same goes for 
wireless etc.

I am not going to say anything about screensize, cpu etc as basically 
most modern laptops are good and it is up to you and your budget. If 
anything I would avoid AMD processors due to personal experience.

Good luck
Sinclair