Hi.
I am considering buying a laptop to use it as my mobile Kubuntu machine. So far the Dell Latitude D630 and the HP Pavilion dv2700t are the only candidates, but I'm open to suggestions.
My question is, what's the best way to make sure the laptops I want to buy will work mostly out of box with Kubuntu 8.04 (Hardy)? I have read the Ubuntu HCL, but it does not have a whole lot of information for the models I am considering. If I take a LiveCD to the store, will the store guys let me boot their laptops with it so I can test different hardware components, such as wireless and sound? And if it works with the LiveCD, can I be assured that it will work as well with the installed version of the OS?
Thanks!
Dai
I am considering buying a laptop to use it as my mobile Kubuntu machine. So far the Dell Latitude D630 and the HP Pavilion dv2700t are the only candidates, but I'm open to suggestions.
My question is, what's the best way to make sure the laptops I want to buy will work mostly out of box with Kubuntu 8.04 (Hardy)? I have read the Ubuntu HCL, but it does not have a whole lot of information for the models I am considering. If I take a LiveCD to the store, will the store guys let me boot their laptops with it so I can test different hardware components, such as wireless and sound? And if it works with the LiveCD, can I be assured that it will work as well with the installed version of the OS?
Thanks!
Dai
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