New laptop derecommendations
Robert Crawford
webguytx at gmail.com
Sat Oct 20 16:23:13 UTC 2018
I use a HP Probook 6450b laptop. It has 128gb SSD and 6gb ram. I'm running
Xubuntu 18.04 Runs great.
On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 6:33 AM Gilles Gravier <ggravier at fsfe.org> wrote:
> I've been using Dell and HP machines with Ubuntu with no problems at all.
> My latest (it's a work machine) is an HP elitebook. SSD, lots of RAM. It
> runs fine. Boots off of UEFI. But you have to disable secureboot or most
> drivers won't update because of code signing issues. Appart from that it
> works spotlessly...
>
> Same experience with my old Dell Latitude E7240.
>
> Gilles
>
> Le ven. 19 oct. 2018 à 11:45, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 at 20:43, Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie> wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm looking for a new laptop.
>>
>> My last few have been used Thinkpads. Recommended sources:
>>
>> https://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/c/512/IBM-Lenovo/
>>
>> https://www.tier1online.com/
>>
>> Since they're so tough, refurbished machines are very good value. My
>> refurb X220 replaced a refurb X200 which replaced a refurb X32...
>>
>> Zoostorm and Clevo as sold by Novatech, are the same OEM machines sold
>> by System76 in the USA. My little startup used to sell Zoostorm
>> laptops as we found Linux compatibility was excellent and built
>> quality was acceptable for inexpensive machines.
>>
>>
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