How well does it run Ubuntu?
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I'm not sure about Ubunutu, however, I'm using Linux Mint 17.1 and it runs like a charm. If you can try to do a live disc, and search up dual booting. I did that as a caution incase something goes wrong. Make sure you make a back up the windows system to discs incase something goes wrong. If I wanted to, I would definitely installing Linux fully. Seriously though, make sure you make recovery discs of your OS, before you do anything. Good luck
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I talked my sister through installing Linux Mint (a branch of Ubuntu) onto hers. She loves it. We used the 64 bit version and upgraded the memory to the entire 16 GB that it holds.
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Well, it runs Windows 7 soo well that Ubuntu (Linux) should run very well. I have never used Linux, but Windows 7 is a much bigger OS and runs very well. Linux should be extremely fast because it is so small.
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It depends on whether or not this PC has BIOS chip or the new EFI that microsoft machinated for with its forcing the dog Windows 8 on consumers. Beware, they are now pushing to dominate cell phones & Tablets with their sorry highly proprietary Surface OS.
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This is very good laptop overall, just Windows 7 are slowing it down quite a bit ( despite 3 GB of RAM installed).If you gonna use this I recommend replacing Windows w/ Linux ( I use Lubuntu very light & efficient free OS).
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Not really. Games run, but many slow. My client uses it for email and web mostly. Not a gamer.
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As a general PC it is fine. We are not using it for gaming. Boot up takes maybe 15 seconds.
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Yes, it should run just fine. I am running it on a PC with a dual core approximately 2 GHz AMD processor , Windows VISTA SP2, 4 gigs of RAM and a much less powerful video board than yours.
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If the laptop meets the system requirements for the software that you want to run, and it has a free USB port, then you should be fine. (Cpu clock speed, ram, and hard drive space)
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I don't see why not! I don't use the operating system, but my understanding of Ubuntu is that it is less demanding on system resources. If your are a Amazon prime member, I would suggest you give it a try. If it doesn't perform the only money you will be out is the return shipping cost.
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not much, could run most at medium settings - more of a capable general purpose laptop than gaming unit.
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I'm sorta nervous about being the first person in the known universe to put Ubuntu on one of these. Can somebody ease my apprehensions?
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I wouldnt know that off hand. By what its performance is i could guess.... guess. that it should run alright.
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BIOS. Yes you can run linux on it easily. Now if you went with windows 8 or 8.1 it'll be a bit tricky.
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The system meets minimum requirements for the game, though the onboard video isn't quite as fast as the suggested card. It should run OK.
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It'll run 8.1 just fine. My only recommendation is to wait for windows 10... :)
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I roll with a 600, it does fine.thats with 16gigs of ram and a hard drive with and ssd and an overclocked CPU
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Given how powerful it is, I doubt there is much you can't do with it. I read an article in a gaming magazine that rated it...and while it is not a gaming machine...most notably it's size, it still runs them quite well, though maybe not at all the very high end graphics. If it can do that, I would not worry about any office type programs you could throw at it.
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You're gpu would be the main facter in performence, but you should be fine. I run Windows 8 and there are no problems for me
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I am not an avid gamer. I use this laptop mostly for rendering video edits an blender scenes. But with the porting of the Steam client to Linux I have tried X3:Albion Prelude. Must say it rocks. One thing, I did find that adding another six Gig of RAM helped tremendously. Overall, no complaints for me, but my gaming sample is very limited. If you are really into heavy gaming, your mileage may vary.