need suggestion in choosing laptop

[pranith]

hi ppl,
I am an under graduate student from India. We have to buy laptops this year in our college. the suggested laptops are here (http://laptop4iiitian.blogspot.com)
Plz help me choose a laptop which best suits a student and ofcourse ubuntu....
thanks
pranith.

[aysiu]

I'm not 100% sure, but this page may help you:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportMachinesLaptops

[Kernel Sanders]

Hi Pranith,

It might be helpful if you tell us what you intend using it for? Word Processing and internet? Or much more.....?

Also, this forum might help: *****Clickity***** (http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=102)

I'll try and dig out some better links for you now......

John

[Kernel Sanders]

I'm not 100% sure, but this page may help you:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportMachinesLaptops

Thats the link I was looking for! \\:D/

Must be faster next time..... :cry:

LOL!

John

[John.Michael.Kane]

If you have to use one from that list one of these two should fit the bill...

- NX6125
AMD Turion 1.6 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HDD / DVD -CDRW
dos / 1 Year Warranty
Rs. 39,600 /-

Acer Laptops
- TM 4061 NWLMi
Pentium 1.6 /256 MB RAM / 60 GB HDD / DVD -CDRW /
15.4 " /Linux / 1Year Warranty
Rs. 42,500 /-

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportMachinesLaptops you can use this to find out if these machines are linux friendly..

[pranith]

thanks for the links and for replying this quickly aysiu,*John*,SD-Plissken.
thank u very much

[erikpiper]

You WILL want to upgrade the RAM though... 256 isn't very much..

[pranith]

yup lot of ppl are suggesting the same will surely upgrade
what I dont understand is which company to choose from them :(

[John.Michael.Kane]

@pranith try here http://www.pricewatch.com/m-79.htm theres a long list of notebook mem, and prices and speeds. ie: pc2100 2700 ddr2 if thats what your laptop needs.

[pranith]

this link (http://notebookreview.com) is pretty good suggested by one of my friends
I will look on ur link also
thank u very much
pranith