Advice for buying a New Ubuntu Laptop(Compatible or Preinstall)

[rat87]

I tried the studio 15 from dell and it seemed great but X refused to work and I'm afraid that if I order another it will also be messed up.


I live in Portland, OR so any local deals would be good or anything that will ship quicly to the US.


I'm looking for a New $500-$800 dollar laptop that comes with
-compiz/kwin capable graphics cards
-Good keyboard
-a couple usb ports
-can be hooked up to modern monitor when using at home
-2 GB ram
-webcam
-about core duo 2 GHz or equivalent


Basically I want something that can handle ridiculous browsing on Firefox+eclipse/netbeans/vim+open office without frequently slowing down(a little lag for all 3 is okay as long as 2 doesn't lag).

At other times it should be able to handle light browsing+virtual machine(xp/other linux). My current(old desktop) with pentium D's and 0.500 GB ram feels pretty sluggish just from my browsing.

[starcannon]

For everything your wanting, I'd look into ebay for a good used one, and load Ubuntu on yourself.
http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-dv2000-AMD-64x2-Laptop-Media-PC-1-8GHz-DVD-RW-160GB_W0QQitemZ220298601839QQcmdZViewItem?hash=ite m220298601839&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A13 18

We have a dv2000 series, ours is the 2600, I linked this one because I see the Nvidia sticker on the palm rest. Anyway, I know the dv2000's work fine with Ubuntu(some tweaking required, but the suspend resume fine, blank resume fine). I think these are great, and at $400 you won't get hurt so long as its in good condition.

GL and have fun, there are new laptops out there, check out System76.com and Zareason.com as well as HP, you've already looked at Dell it sounds like.

[rat87]

I'm looking for a new one because I want it to last and don't want to worry about broken parts.

Anypne know if
Gateway M6880

Acer ex5630-4250
or
HP G60-123cl


work well with ubuntu.
Also I'm lookinh for near full compatibility w/out much tweaking as I'm prone to reinstalling the OS fairly often.

[phidia]

There is an Ubuntu laptop testing page here (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam).

If you don't need high end graphics (games or 3D processing) then going with all intel (processor, gpu, wireless card) has been mentioned in the forums as the most trouble free.

[ardvark71]

GL and have fun, there are new laptops out there, check out System76.com and Zareason.com as well as HP, you've already looked at Dell it sounds like.

Hi...

I've never purchased or used a notebook or desktop from System76, so I can't vouch for their quality or any other factor but their systems come with Ubuntu with all the hardware configured. However, here is a thread with folks who have had experience with them...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=343798

...along with a link to System76 notebooks...

http://system76.com/index.php?cPath=28

Hope this helps! :)

Best Regards...