My laptop has a few problems that are driving me mad (tis old now!) so I'm going to replace it.
I'm thinking of a VGN-NS11J/S sony vaio (as seen in John Lewis)
I'll probably keep vista and never use it (well, maybe to play Sims 2...) and partition/wubi the drive to get a dual boot with ubuntu... but is the laptop fully compatible with that way of doing things?
I'm especially concerned about the graphics card and/or sound card - what do you clever folks think?
Vaio/Ubuntu?
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Vaio/Ubuntu?
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Re: Vaio/Ubuntu?
Brij did you ever take the Ubuntu plunge? I had an old Vaio but could never get the wireless card to work under Ubuntu.
Still tempted though as my fit-pc thread suggests!
Still tempted though as my fit-pc thread suggests!
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Re: Vaio/Ubuntu?
I'm using it right now, actually. No problems with the wireless card, though the sound took some tweaking. Few hot-key issues and haven't tackled the integrated webcam or microphone, but I'm extremely unlikely to ever use it anyway!
"Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you realise that money cannot be eaten"
Cree Indian prophecy
My Blogette
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you realise that money cannot be eaten"
Cree Indian prophecy
My Blogette