Any UltraBook users?

[Number_25]

Hey guys,

I am seriously considering purchasing an UltraBook and then throwing a Linux distribution on it (Most likely to be Ubuntu).

But from when I've used Ubuntu on laptops and other portable devices before I tend to find that the battery life tends to be nothing in comparison to if Windows was installed. I think this is a driver issue.

So does anyone here use a Linux distribution an a UltraBook, and if so how does the battery life fair?

 

[Number_25]

Would have to agree with Disco Boy

If your main concerns seem to center around battery life v going the "Ultra" route

Surely you would be better off going the whole hog and going for something like the MacBook Air ?

The MacBook air is incredibly expensive.

And plus I've already stated that I'm not going to buy a Mac.

 

[Number_25]

You've clearly not seen the price of the proper Ultrabooks, have you?


They ain't netbooks.

I wasn't saying that they were in anyway cheap (I'm expecting to spend anywhere in the region of £700 - £1,100 on one of these badboys) and I would have ideally liked to put 12.04 on it.

I guess we'll have to wait for one of the big laptop manufacturers to start offloading laptops with a linux-distr pre-installed before we see any improvements.