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Rob Beard wrote: > Okay, well before any shouts, yes I know this machine I'm going to > recommend is running Windows 7... however I do know it runs Ubuntu fine. > My step-father recently bought one and I installed Ubuntu 9.10 for him... > > http://tinyurl.com/28vkmdx > > It's an Acer Extensa 5635Z notebook, it has a 15.6" widescreen LED > backlit screen with a resolution of something like 1366x768. It has 2GB > Ram and a 250GB hard drive. The CPU is a Pentium Dual Core T4300 which > is 2.1GHz with 1MB Cache. No I know as well some people bad mouth the > Pentium Dual Core and Celeron Dual Core CPUs, but this little machine > was NEARLY as quick as my Core 2 Duo @ 2GHz. > > It has Intel onboard graphics which work out of the box (even with > Compiz). It's not really going to be a serious performer for 3D games > but for internet, e-mail and office type stuff I'm sure it would be fine. > > I gather it is possible to get a refund on Windows from Acer. I believe > their repair centre is in Plympton and you have to send the machine to > them so they can confirm the drive is wiped and so they can remove the > Windows license sticker (god knows why as Windows activates from a > standard Acer key and authenticates against a signature in the BIOS). > > There is a thread on the Fedora forums here: > http://tinyurl.com/acerwindowsrefund > > I gather the guy who posted about it on the Fedora forums got something > like a £20 refund (but had to pay something like £48 delivery costs > there and back). It might be a case that you could take it to the > repair centre and have them do the work there and then (depends if you > feel £20 is worth your while, or if you want to show that you want to be > counted as wanting a Windows refund). Personally I didn't bother with > my Acer (I did for a while dual boot Ubuntu and Vista, but now my > notebook is solely running Ubuntu). > > Other than this machine, I'm not sure if Dell are still doing machines > with Ubuntu pre-installed (other than netbooks anyway). There are some > other options too such as Novatech (who sell laptops without an OS) and > Linux Emporium (although I believe they are a tad expensive). > > Hope this helps anyway. > > Rob > > I have had a look but ... I am looking for a desktop replacement. That being so I feel that I would need a large screen, at least 17". That would normally include a separate keypad, something I use regularly on my dekstop computer. Perhaps I should add that, at my age, I need all the visual help I can get. And I should have included all that in my original post. Sorry, Regards Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html