2015-01-09 15:03 GMT+01:00, Ian Malone <ibmalone(a)gmail.com>:
On 9 January 2015 at 13:54, Ranjan Maitra
<maitra.mbox.ignored(a)inbox.com>
wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:43:58 +0000 Ian Malone <ibmalone(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any good suggestions for a new laptop with good Linux
>> compatibility? My current one is about 8 years old (IIRC), not looking
>> for anything superspecced to replaced it, just annoyances like reduced
>> battery life and the wifi switch playing up are starting to build up
>> (plus people have poked the screen one too many times). It's a 13.3"
>> screen with 100GB hard drive and I guess I'd be hoping to find
>> something similar with a maximum budget of about £500.
>>
> I like my Dell XPS 13 (2.9 lbs) with 13.3" and 1920x1080 resolution and it
> actually came with Ubuntu (which I promptly stripped for Fedora) which
> also meant that I did not have to pay the Windoze tax.
>
Yes, they look really nice! Was browsing them yesterday. Unfortunately
a bit over budget as not my main computer and wont be getting loads of
use.
In that case, you may want to have a look at this:
http://ktgee.net/post/49423737148/thinkpad-guide
The one I've got recently (X201 with a Core i5 CPU and 4GB RAM) for
about $200 is well supported by Fedora, and may be good enough for
what you want to use it (it certainly is for me).
Andras
Andras