[TriLUG] laptop shopping

Jeremy Davis jeremyhwllc at gmail.com
Wed Feb 5 14:10:58 EST 2014


William,
I have a Samsung ultrabook laptop, which was the easiest Linux Mint
installation I have ever done. Wireless works well. It is about a pound
lighter than a Macbook Air and thinner than my cell phone. SSD, high rez
screen, and I believe i7 3rd gen intel processor. I believe a 13" screen. I
love it and I am quite proud of it, but I am willing to sell it for a
bargain. A Chromebook would suit my needs just as well for occasional
maintenance free use.

I assume since Samsung sells the Chromebooks and many other nice
Android/Linux products, the hardware was very Linux friendly.

I also have a Lenovo laptop I would part with. I bought it for my
grandfather last year, and installed Linux. Recently I swapped him a
Chrombook which is less maintenance.

I will let the Samsung go for $650 and the Lenovo go for $350.

Cheers!
Jeremy
On Feb 5, 2014 12:22 AM, "William Sutton" <william at trilug.org> wrote:

> Any recommendations for a laptop that has suspend-to-disk (hibernate to
> disk) and Just Works (TM)?  I used to love the feature on my old Sony Vaio
> PCG-505GX, but it's been out of date for a decade, and my current
> MacBookPro (which doesn't have it) is showing signs of advanced age.
>
> Preferences:
> 1. small-ish (17" is too big... 12"-14" would be nice)
> 2. supports suspend-to-disk under Linux
> 3. decent video card (NV would be nice)
> 4. wireless works under Linux without too much trouble
>
> I like Sony and I like Lenovo, but I'm not stuck on either one.  I refuse
> to use Compaq/HP/Dell.
>
> Looking forward to the suggestions....
>
> William Sutton
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