[ale] Opinions on lightweight laptops?

[Dan Lambert]

I am using an IBM (now Lenovo) T41, and using Ubuntu Dapper on it. It is 
the only OS installed, and except for some little bitty piddly stuff, it 
works great. Ubuntu recognized and correctly installed all of the hardware.

The piddly stuff is that, essentially, the Windoze keys for going 
forward and back while browsing web pages don't work. Aside from that, I 
have no real issues with running Ubuntu on the machine. It is reliable, 
fast, and does everything I need it to.

It has the 14" LCD, and that is entirely workable for me. If you need a 
larger image area, you can always use an external monitor when you're 
sitting at your desk coding.

Dan

John Wells wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> I'm tired of lugging around my 8 lbs. Dell Inspiron and have decided to
> purchase a more portable laptop.
> 
> I've been looking at Lenovo...they seem to compete in cost and offer a
> wide variety. Those with 13.3" screens are appealing (they're roughly 3
> pounds), yet I fear writing code, which is primarily what I use it for,
> might be hard on such a low resolution.
> 
> Any recommendations? My only desires are: decently powerful, lightweight,
> capable of running Ubuntu well.
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> 
> 
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