[lug] linux laptop search

[Davide Del Vento]

Thanks that's good to know. Price?


On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Michael J. Hammel <
mjhammel at graphics-muse.org> wrote:

> A followup to this discussion that I started back in September.
>
> I ended up ordering an Acer Aspire V5 from NewEgg.
> It's
> * quad core
> * 3.1GHz
> * Radeon 8550G w/HDMI
> * 15.6" display
> * 6GB memory
> * 500GB HD
> * 802.11 a/g/n + wired eth
> * USB 2.0/3.0
> * SD card reader
>
> Fedora 19 works out of the box on everything so far.  ATI's driver
> supports it fine including compositing functions.  It connects fine to
> an 802.11 n router at home.
>
> My big fear of secure boot was a non-issue.  You just go into BIOS on
> first boot and disable it.  I think I Google'd how to do it - lots
> happened since then so don't remember the details.  Then I installed
> with a USB stick (no DVD on this one).  Works great.  Win8 never saw the
> light of day.
>
> Just thought I'd pass that along.
> --
> Michael J. Hammel
> mjhammel at graphics-muse.org / http://www.graphics-muse.org
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