[ubuntu-in] Budget Laptop for Linux

[narendra.diwate at gmail.com]

Hi KSB., can you share how much you paid for the Toshiba laptop.

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From: KBS Ramachandra <ram at meritsystems.com>
To: <ubuntu-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 1:58:42 PM GMT+0530
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-in] Budget Laptop for Linux

I installed Ubuntu 11.04 recently on the newly purchased Toshiba 
Satellite C660 laptop - i3 processor @ 2.53 GHz, 2GB ram, 320GB SATA, 
15.6" (1366 x 768) LED screen, DVD Super multi drive, Webcam, Wireless, 
etc. - approx 28K

Installation went smoothly - Network, wireless, webcam all recognized. 
One driver (Graphics accelerator) had to be installed using "System 
Settings -> Additional drivers". No issues here too. The device was 
recognized, driver downloaded and activated.

Bluetooth has NOT been recognized / activated. Since I don't need it 
right away, haven't worried about it too much.

Hope this information is useful

Regards,
KBS Ramachandra

On 06/21/2011 12:10 PM, Ramnarayan.K wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Narendra Diwate
> <narendra.diwate at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>   I am thinking of buying a Budget Laptop (About 25K INR, Not Netbook, so NO
>> Atom or similar). Towards that end, because I want it to be fully compatible
>> with Linux, was looking at Ubuntus page of supported/tested hardware
>> (http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/). I find that Lenovo and Dell have the
>> most models that are supposed to work well with Ubuntu. I assume broadly
>> that this is true of all Distos.
> About a year or so back, some friends had pretty similar requirements
> - an about 25 K full featured laptop. After quite a bit of
> investigation and writing around we settled on the Lenovo B 450 Series
> (specs below)
>
> LENOVO  NB B450-59029506 14.1” Intel Pentium Dual Core (2.10 GHZ)/1 GB
> RAM DDR-II/160 GB HDD/Intel 5100 Agn (1*2)/ DVDRW Optical Drive
> /6cellbattery /Bluetooth/Camera/Dos/1 Year Warranty
> Cost is 24,500 + 5% VAT (Prices as in March 2010)
>
> So to address your specs specifically yes
>
>> So these are my requirements:
>>
>> 1. Budget of 25K.
> Yes
>
>> 2. Atleast an Intel i3 or its AMD eqivalent. May go for Core2Duo if can't
>> find one in budget.
> Yes
>
>> 3. Good battery life of atleast 4or5 hours.
> Decent battery - 3-4 hours
>> 4. 3GB RAM atleast.
> 1 GB RAM (upgradeable)
>
>> 5. Card Slot, Webcam, Bluetooth, Wifi.
> Yes
>> 6. Am looking at as light as possible in this budget, so if it comes with an
>> Optical drive to reduce size/weight, so be it.
> Pretty light - and since its a 14.1" inch screen
>
>> 7. Atleast 250GB HDD.
> 160 GB or for a price can be upgraded
>> 8. Know to work with Debian/Ubuntu/Linux.
> Have installed Ubuntu on it and it rocks - its been over a year since
> we got these laptops and as yet there are no issues
>
> The higher up version was
> LENOVO  NB B450-59029513 14.1” Intel Pentium Dual Core (2.10 GHZ)/2 GB
> RAM DDR-II/320 GB HDD/Intel 5100 Agn (1*2)/ DVDRW Optical Drive
> /6cellbattery /Bluetooth/Camera/Dos/1 Year Warranty
> Cost is 27,000 +5% VAT
>
> However am sure that these specs and prices have changed but am aware
> that the B (and maybe G series) are still available.
>
> regards
> ram



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