Laptops

[Hugo Do Nascimento]

Hi David,

I recommend trying the Ubuntu Live CD on the laptops. You can check whether
it supports the video card, the audio device, the web camera, the wifi card,
the flash-card reader and some especial keys (Fn+.F.).

I believe the store will allow you to do a test drive on a showcase laptop,
if you are really interested in buying it.

Cheers
Hugo

2009/3/17 David Ryder <davaweb at bigpond.net.au>

> Hi,
>
> I'm after a notebooks which I will only put Ubuntu (8+) on. I want the
> internet camera and mic built in (Ekiga, Skype).
>
> I went to JB Hi-Fi and Powerhouse yesterday. To my amazement, I was told
> that all notebooks will take linux perfectly (as in "no problems") and
> one said he uses Ubuntu on 'several' without a problem - though he
> needed his brother-in-law to install it.
>
> Neither would accept my offer of "I will buy it if you guarantee my
> money back if it does not work with Ubuntu (8.04). They would not as
> they then said "They were made to work with Windows XP/Vista".
>
> My second question was, do any have dual monitor outputs? No. OK, it was
> a like-to-have, not a necessity.
>
> So, I ask the list, is it true that all notebooks will work with Ubuntu
> 8.04 (+?) including the camera, mic, Skype for Ubuntu, Ekiga, ethernet
> adapter to my router, Seagate FreeAgent 500 usb drive, wi-fi internet??
>
> Apologies for asking but I was under the impression notebooks were not
> so simple?
>
> David
>
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