| BluesKaj | Howdy all | 13:37 |
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| epod | Anyone got a few minutes to help me sort out which laptop to buy for Ubuntu use? | 18:38 |
| johanbr | epod, ask away and people will probably chime in | 18:39 |
| epod | Well, I'm trying to figure out what my best option is from Future shop or best buy for under $400, but I have no idea how all these new mobile chipsets run with stuff | 18:40 |
| epod | like http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/hewlett-packard-hp-g-series-15-6-amd-athlon-ii-dual-core-p340-laptop-g56-118ca-black-g56-118ca/10159378.aspx?path=19e10a364574b81c2adbdb36a3ead304en02 - is that any good? Am I better off with an AMD C-50 instead? Or going Intel? | 18:41 |
| johanbr | the laptop on that link should work just fine | 18:41 |
| johanbr | Intel would also work well | 18:42 |
| epod | What about http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/lenovo-lenovo-15-6-laptop-featuring-amd-c-50-processor-438342u-black-english-438342u/10188457.aspx?path=46c9539eaa8823a457fed72e95513beeen02 ? | 18:46 |
| epod | I don't know how well stuff works with these AMD Fusion GPUs | 18:46 |
| epod | er APUs | 18:46 |
| johanbr | epod, the GPU is basically a Radeon 6xxx, so that shouldn't give you any problems | 19:10 |
| johanbr | nowadays, graphics and wireless mostly works fine... what may not always work properly is suspend, since that's bios-dependent | 19:11 |
| BobJonkman | epod: When I was shopping I took along a USB drive with a bootable live image, and booted the laptops in the store from it. | 19:12 |
| BobJonkman | The Ubuntu Startup Disk creator lets you configure a persistent partition, so you can install the apps you'll be using on the USB drive | 19:14 |
| epod | BobJonkman, that's a good idea lol | 19:50 |
| epod | johanbr, eh, well, I can live with johanbr | 19:50 |
| BobJonkman | You may have to be sneaky about it. The sales bots are unlikely to be happy with potential customers rebooting their computers | 19:51 |
| epod | er I can live with that :P | 19:51 |
| epod | BobJonkman, well, worst they can do is kick me out ;) | 19:51 |
| BobJonkman | ...and lose a customer in the process. Would serve them right. | 19:52 |
| BobJonkman | I was at Tiger Direct in Burlington (Ontario), and got some funny looks, but nobody kicked me out | 19:52 |
| epod | Rogers now has the Galaxyy Nexus... I'm so tempted... TEMPTED! | 22:57 |
| willwh | epod: thx for letting me know | 23:10 |
| willwh | due for an upgrade =) | 23:10 |
| willwh | epod: you have a link to the release info? | 23:11 |
| epod | willwh, it's on bestbuy and futureshop's sites, only available in store right now though | 23:54 |
| epod | $99.99 w 3yr, or $600 outright | 23:55 |
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