current laptop recommendations

[Andras Simon]

2015-01-09 15:03 GMT+01:00, Ian Malone <ibmalone at gmail.com>:
> On 9 January 2015 at 13:54, Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.ignored at inbox.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:43:58 +0000 Ian Malone <ibmalone at 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