good ultra portable for ubuntu?

scales · 11-09-2007, 10:02 AM

hey all,
i would like to get a ultaportable (12inch or so) that would handle ubuntu. some of the pretty eye candy would be nice to have, but i realize that you need a pretty decent graphics card for it. does anyone have any suggestions for a nice, fairly cheap, ultraportable?

i really like the asus eee but i worry that it doesnt have very much power and i really need to have office 2003 which i have been able to easily setup in ubuntu.

kstan · 11-09-2007, 10:59 AM

if you don't mind, find any laptop come with amd64x2 processor, its much cheaper then centrino duo core.

randomman · 11-09-2007, 12:16 PM

14.1" is the ideal portable size .... smaller than that hurts the eyes and comes with smaller keyboard which is hard to use

i just bought my first laptop ever ... it is an IBM thinkpad T42 ... 1.7Ghz centrino, 1Gb Ram, 40 gb hard disk, 32mb graphics ... it is a used laptop but in great condition

i bought it because of the high quality and durability of thinkpads ... performance is ok for my intended use for office productivity (mainly internet and reports)