Thinking about getting a new laptop. Suggestions?
 

I know this has been asked before, but it's been a while, and the other threads I read had posts from people looking for something different, so here it goes again.

I'm planning on buying a laptop soon. I want to use it to replace my desktop, as my desktop is old, and slow now. However, I don't want some beast that'll be annoying to carry around. The screen should, ideally, be less than 15".

I intend to put Ubuntu 8.10 on it, so it should work well with that.

It should have at least 2 GB RAM, at least 120 GB hard drive. About a 2 GHz processor. I want a good graphics card: 3D hardware acceleration, should be able to handle any recent games. I'd like a Blu-ray player on it (do those work alright in Linux?), but DVD would be fine.

It should have built-in Wi-fi (at least G), and Bluetooth.

That should be about it.

It would be nice to find something like that with Linux pre-installed, failing that, one with nothing installed. Of course, I can just remove Windows, if it has that. I just don't want to pay the Microsoft tax.

Maybe check http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...nd-netbook-25/ for experiences?

Well I have an HP dv6000 but the screen is bigger than you want. It is light weight though and Linux runs quite well on it.

you can also look at the Linux Laptop resources..

http://www.linux-laptop.net
http://www.tuxmobile.org

Dell Sells notebooks with Ubuntu pre-installed.. so if you want something that is guaranteed to work, you could take a look.

If you shop around you can find notebooks with ATi or nVidia graphics controllers, which would be a good idea if you plan on gaming with the machine. I don't know how well the new intel graphics chipsets perform for 3D Gaming..

There are quite a few other resellers that supply laptops with Linux..

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/s...=19&l=en&s=dhs
http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise...0-0-0-121.html
http://eracks.com/products/Laptops?s...04141095304598
http://www.emperorlinux.com/
http://laclinux.com/en/Start
http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux_laptops.html
http://www.thelinuxlaptop.com/products_new.php
http://www.nextcomputing.com/products/nextbook.php#
http://www.pugetsystems.com/laptop.php
http://www.shoprcubed.com/products.asp?cat=15
http://system76.com/index.php?cPath=28
http://www.zareason.com/shop/product...0&cat=0&page=1
http://www.redsevenlinux.com/computers/

Sager
http://www.sagernotebook.com/product...tion=customize
Sager Linux Forum
http://sagerforums.com/forums/forumd...php3?forumid=5

Most of these are reselling other manufacturers equipment and pre-loading Linux on it. so you may be able to identify the original notebook if you wish to order directly and reload yourself.


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