[ale] Dell offers Ubuntu 8.04 on new hardware

[Geoffrey]

Scott Castaline wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
>> Dow_Hurst wrote:
>>   
>>> I'm thinking about a new laptop so looked first at the Dell Ubuntu
>>> line.  Just a heads up that the M1330 is the only laptop at the
>>> moment with Nvidia graphics available.  The 1525 doesn't have that as
>>> an option.  That can change overnight as they add or mix models in
>>> the program. Dow
>>>     
>> I have been extremely pleased with my new MacBook Pro. ;)

> Which one do you have? Have you installed Linux on it? Which distro? 
> Dual boot? Go ahead and answer any other questions that I forgot to ask! 

MacBook Pro 17". Currently a tri-boot, Red Hat EL 5 and Fedora 8 
alongside MacOS X. Here are the specs:

http://support.apple.com/kb/SP4

There are a number of kernel patches specific to the MacBook that I've 
not had the time to pursue, that brings alive a lot of the neat 
functionality of the hardware.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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