new laptop advice (UK)

[kingmoffa]

Thanks for the info.

The Compaq laptops listed above look interesting , but Im put off by the ATI graphics having been burnt in the past.

I need to connect to an external monitor. Im thinking about a new macbook with nvidia graphics.

[conundrumx]

Get a Thinkpad. T series is 14", quite nice. The X series goes down to 13", but the price goes way up. Thinkpads are quite popular amongst Linux users and typically well supported.

[MasterNetra]

www.system76.com enough said.

...though come to think about it I dunno if they ship to the UK... If not HP.com is probably your best bet.

[pinguy]

Thanks for the info.

The Compaq laptops listed above look interesting , but Im put off by the ATI graphics having been burnt in the past.

I need to connect to an external monitor. Im thinking about a new macbook with nvidia graphics.

In the past nvidia was the better choice to go for with Ubuntu, but not anymore. I have had more trouble with on-board nvidia graphics then I have had with ATI. Every system I have worked with in the last 8 months that have been using ATI graphics have all worked flawlessly.

I am running a Radeon HD 4670 and couldn't be happier with it.
Do a bit of online searching and you will see that the ATI Radeon HD 4200 is get pretty good reviews.

Plus (you didn't hear this from me ) Mac OS X Leopard runs really well on the ATI Radeon HD 4000 series as these are what they use in there systems. I know a few people running it on there PC's/Laptops.

[kingmoffa]

I may well reconsider ATI then - I just need external monitor support not 3D / compiz or other fancy stuff.

The dell desktop I bought with ubuntu preloaded came with an ATI card. It worked ok - but had a few problems here and there when a kernel upgrade happened. (This was with official driver not open source).