<div dir="auto">hi Jon. the hp I mentioned is $370. If this could work with a few usb adapters for wifi and Lan, this could work. And yes, not quite apples to apples.. but less than a $1000!</div> <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Nov 16, 2024, 11:08 PM Jon LaBadie <<a href="mailto:ubu@labadie.us">ubu@labadie.us</a>> wrote: </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 09:07:50AM -0500, bruce wrote: >update: > -been looking at/for 17" laptops for ubuntu. Weird, haven't found >that many at a reasonable price that would seem to run Ubuntu. I'm not >willing to pay $1400 for a laptop.. > >My initial goal/criteria.. > reasonable late intel/amd (ryzen 5/7) > able to add me.. 8-32 G > SSD +HDD > required USB/Lan ports > 17" > wifi > Not quite, but cheaper. System76 Pangolin - 16.1" 8-Core AMD Ryzen™ 7 7840U 32GB RAM 1TB NVMe - space for second NVMe Ubuntu installed $1198 <a href="https://system76.com/laptops/pang14/configure" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://system76.com/laptops/pang14/configure</a> -- Jon H. LaBadie <a href="mailto:ubu@labadie.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ubu@labadie.us</a> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>