Ubuntu certified hardware: not enough information

[David Fletcher]

On Mon, 2012-02-20 at 19:27 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:

> Yes. It seems to be decent for checking the specs of laptops that I am
> considering, but it is useless for trying to find an appropriate
> laptop. I suppose that I will have to use it the way that it was
> intended!

I asked my local LUG about netbooks they'd recommend. I bought a Toshiba
NB520 from an ebay vendor because like this ancient Satellite that's
still working, it's got a panel in the base that can be removed with a
screwdriver to give very easy access to both the memory and the hard
drive.

I'm waiting for a memory upgrade and a replacement hard drive so that I
can physically remove the drive with microsoft on it. So, I've been
playing with 12.04 on a flash drive, but found that WiFi works just
fine, as does the SD card socket, and 12.04 also appears to know what to
do with the built in bluetooth although I've not tried to play with that
one yet.

So, I'd say decide what features you especially want such as easy access
to the hard drive, and ask your local LUG.

Dave