Asus U45jc compatibility.

[just0nce]

Hello,

I am in the market for a new laptop and the Asus U45jc has caught my eye. I am interested in it because it has decent specs while maintaining great battery life. I would obviously like Ubuntu to be the main operating system but with a Windows 7 duel boot for occasional light gaming.

My question is if Ubuntu will be compatible with this laptop. I have looked at a few compatibility lists and this model is nowhere to be found. I understand that almost all laptops will have at least minor problems but I want to avoid anything major.

Also, if anyone would have suggestions as to a similar laptop that would work well with Ubuntu, I would appreciate the advice.

Thanks.

http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-U45JC-A1-14-Inch-Light-Laptop/dp/B003WIYMA6

[elton1984]

Im just bought it by 5/11, is working very well with Ubuntu. Now is using dualboot with original Window 7 Home Premium x64. But only cant install graphic card driver even is third party or system detected. After installed will cause you fail to boot up the Ubuntu. But others is working very well, just battery will finish faster with ubuntu.

[arbrandes]

I have an Asus U43JC-X1, and from the specs on the U45JC-A1 it looks like the internal hardware is exactly the same. It is probably a safe bet to take at the look at the U43JC thread and see for yourself what it takes to make it work:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1615564

That is to say, it works out of the box, but you're going to want to change some things. To me, disabling the nvidia card was critical, otherwise battery life sucks.

[rickrobs]

In case anyone is still interested, there are a few slight differences over arbrandes's post when it comes to trying to get GPU switching working.

See a complete walkthrough here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11549542#post11549542