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madokie

(51,076 posts) Mon Jan 30, 2012, 09:39 AM Jan 2012

Thinking of a new laptop [View all]

My question to the ones who know is will I be able to get rid of windblows and install Ubuntu on it? I've not decided what laptop I buy, more than likely it'll be something that is on sale as I don't really need a super powerful processor as I don't do gaming. I do use and must have autocad2000 on it or there won't be any reason for me to buy a laptop to begin with.

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Thinking of a new laptop [View all] madokie Jan 2012 OP

Are you going to dual boot it? bemildred Jan 2012 #1

Me, ubuntu, wine and autocad get along just fine madokie Jan 2012 #4

Auto desk makes Microsoft look like open source software Stinky The Clown Jan 2012 #2

I'm running it under wine madokie Jan 2012 #3

Thanks! We're running it in Parallels. It runs faster than on a native WinBox on my MacPro. Stinky The Clown Jan 2012 #5

Watch out for older versions of Autocad angryfirelord Jan 2012 #6

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