[ubuntu-in] Budget Laptop for Linux

[KBS Ramachandra]

Rs. 27850 -
http://www.flipkart.com/computers/laptops/toshiba/itmczbmfgdkgcwus?pid=comcv7nugnn4kyrd

Regards,
KBS Ramachandra

On 06/21/2011 02:40 PM, narendra.diwate at gmail.com wrote:
> 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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