<br><br>On Saturday, July 4, 2015, Alex Armani <<a href="mailto:alex.armani@rocketmail.com">alex.armani@rocketmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue-Light,Helvetica Neue Light,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><span>Looks very tempring. <a href="http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-g50-15-6-laptop-silver-10109036-pdt.html" target="_blank">LENOVO G50 15.6" Laptop </a> It's an 8.1 machine, so I have absolutely no idea. What kind of issues can I expect? Not put any Linux on anything after a Windows 7 HP machine.</span></div><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It really doesn't matter which version of Windows ships on the machine. It only matters how well the hardware support Linux. Try and take a granular look at what hardware is inside the unit, and you can usually cross reference for Linux support, at least generally. See if you can go to a box store, and running live usb on the actual hardware. See if it's possible, without any restocking fees, or shipping, for you to try the unit and see if it meets your needs, and return it if it doesn't. Call the company and ask them if they sell it, shipping with Linux preinstalled.<span></span></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue-Light,Helvetica Neue Light,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"></div><div style="width:450px;font-family:'Georgia','Times','Times New Roman','serif';margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;background-color:#ffffff"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:450px;height:170px;display:block"><tbody><tr><td colspan="8" style="height:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1px;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="min-height:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1px;line-height:0px"> </div></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5" style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:middle;width:168px;height:168px;background-color:#000000;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="width:168px" align="center"><a href="http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-g50-15-6-laptop-silver-10109036-pdt.html" style="text-decoration:none!important;color:#000000!important" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="http://brain-images.cdn.dixons.com/6/3/10109036/t_10109036.jpg" width="168" height="150" style="display:block;margin:auto"></a></div></td><td rowspan="5" style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" style="width:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="width:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:14pt"> </div></td><td colspan="2" style="height:6px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="min-height:6px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:6pt"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" style="width:20px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="width:20px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:20pt"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" width="1" style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt"> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:100%;vertical-align:middle;font-family:'Georgia','Times','Times New Roman','serif'"><div style="line-height:16.5px;background-color:#ffffff;min-height:135px;width:245px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-all"><span></span><span></span><a href="http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-g50-15-6-laptop-silver-10109036-pdt.html" style="text-decoration:none!important;color:#000000!important;line-height:100%;font-size:18px;display:block" target="_blank"><span style="margin:0;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:3px;font-size:18px;line-height:21px;max-height:43px;color:#000000;overflow:hidden!important;display:inline-block">LENOVO G50 15.6" Laptop - Silver</span></a><div style="font-size:13px;line-height:20px;color:#999999;max-height:81px;font-family:'Georgia','Times','Times New Roman','serif';overflow:hidden">Windows 8.1; Intel® Core™ i3-4005U processor; Memory: 8 GB; Hard drive: 1 TB</div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="height:4px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="min-height:4px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:4pt"></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;font-family:'Ari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