[TriLUG] Laptop recommendations

[Kevin Otte via TriLUG]

I'll second the Lenovo recommendation. ThinkPads are all but tanks (I
think only a Panasonic Toughbook could take more abuse). I'm still
rocking my X220 from a few years back. If you do narrow it down to a
model you want, check out http://www.thinkwiki.org/ for particulars. You
may have to upgrade some of the modules, eg: I had to pick the next
highest wireless module from the default to ensure Linux support.

Lenovo also has IdeaPads now, which may be able to let you come in under
budget for the specs you want. I have no experience with these units though.

Be wary of Dell. They offer a Linux preload option, but it may not be
worth the customer service headaches. The laptop I had before the X220
was an Inspiron 1525N. It wasn't quite what I ordered and I suffered
through a suboptimal computing experience for a few years because they
wouldn't make it right.

-- Kevin

On 02/19/2017 10:51 AM, Matt Pusateri via TriLUG wrote:
> I happen to know that Lenovo T450’s and T460’s run RHEL and Fedora pretty well.  So I imagine that they’d run other distro’s well too.
> 
> Matt P.
> 
>> On Feb 19, 2017, at 10:47 AM, Thomas Delrue via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> A friend of mine is looking to buy a new laptop(*) with a budget of
>> roughly 1000-1200 USD. Obviously, this device will run
>> $YOUR_FAVORITE_DISTRO Linux. It's purpose is not to do heavy computing
>> but mostly use it for what your grandma would use it for: i.e. browsing,
>> listening to music, some minor photo editing and -but this is
>> aspirational- maybe some video editing.
>>
>> What are the recommendations for laptops these days and what are some
>> common pitfalls that could prevent putting Linux on it?
>> We've looked at System76 and I think he's looked at those offered by
>> Costco but he was underwhelmed by all of them.
>>
>> (*) chromebooks are not an option
>>
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