[TriLUG] Laptop recommendations

[Matt Flyer via TriLUG]

I will add my $.02 and concur with what some of the others have said by
voting for getting a Lenovo.  I have a Thinkpad Carbon X01 at work and
while there was a kernel issue with the (new) processor when I got it,
Ubuntu supported the processor and it has worked very well on the
hardware.


On Sun, 2017-02-19 at 10:47 -0500, Thomas Delrue via TriLUG 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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