[plug] laptop

[Shannon Carver]

I haven't bought/played with any of the Macbook Range (Apart from a 3 or 4
years old G3 and G4), but with regards to loading Ubuntu on the laptop, it
shouldn't be a problem at all.  I've had the last few versions (of Ubuntu)
on a range of different laptops, the oldest a PII Dell (don't bother), a
bunch of PIII's and some Centrino's.  I've never noticed any
incompatibility, especially with the latest versions.

On my latest laptop (Dell Latitude D820), I even noticed it detected
Bluetooth Adapter, Graphics Adapter and 1920x1200 monitor with no hassles at
all, though Dell has handled graphics cards and resolution fine for as long
as I've been using it.

Shzannon  without the z...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On Behalf
> Of Adam Hewitt
> Sent: Monday, 14 August 2006 8:21 PM
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: RE: [plug] laptop
> 
> Sorry for replying to my own post, however I just thought about the new
> MacBook/MacBook Pro range which also seem to suit my requirements
> perfectly. Has anyone bought one of these?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On Behalf
> Of Adam Hewitt
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 8:08 PM
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: [plug] laptop
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I am about to start employment with a new company and have been given the
> opportunity to choose my own laptop. Obviously I don't want to push my
> luck, however I was offered the suggestion of a Sony Vaio SZ which seems
> to be perfect. I will be working remotely, as the head office is in
> Sydney, so having a built in webcam for video conferencing is good and I
> have read good things about the Intel Core Duo. I have done some searching
> on google and I have found some semi-old articles relating to getting
> Ubuntu working on these laptops with average results (www.emperorlinux.com
> sell it preinstalled with linux so everything must work to some degree),
> but it wasn't with a lack of effort.
> 
> Does anyone have any personal stories with this laptop, or any suggestions
> for equivilent laptops?
> 
> Adam.
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