Which powerful laptop, with UK keyboard and 8gb ram
- by RobinL
I've been searching high and low for high spec laptops compatible with Ubuntu. The lack of coherent information on the topic is high (considering the number of people who apparently want a good laptop with an OS operating system). So I thought you may have some advice.
My requirements:
a) has = 8Gb ram
b) is compatible with Ubuntu
c) has a UK keyboard and charger
d) does not cost the Earth
Which would you go for? Does anyone have good experience with high-end laptops running Ubuntu?
So here's some background research:
Samsung Series 7 looks great, but has various problems on Ubuntu, including: poor battery life, touchpad does not work, graphics card not fully supported and sucks power when it does (see [here] and [here], for example). Other options on the [wish list] include:
the sensible [Acer] (possibly n.1 choice, but not sure about graphics card compatibility or battery),
a nice looking [HP Pavilion dv6-6c56ea], which also has incompatibility issues (see [here] and [here] and check ubuntuforums)
And another [Acer] which may be best due to its simplicity and cheapness.
Other sub-questions: didn't Dell offer Ubuntu support for decent laptops (above 6Gb ram their offerings are scarce); what about pre-installed options such as those provided by System76?
If it weren't for the UK keyboard and charger, I'd probably go for this [amazing-looking] [machine].
Many thanks for any advice,
P.s. Apologies for lack of hyperlinks; I'm a noob so only allowed 2 :(
All 10 links are available here though for the interested reader :)
Robin
