| Doug Stewart on 19 Feb 2017 19:29:07 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Laptop recommendations |
I too am in the market for a laptop now that I'm changing to a new job and have to send the MacBook Pro back. I'm frankly fed up with Mac OS and am looking to get something I can dual boot with Win10 (you know, for games!) and preferably a RHEL derivative. I've looked at the Asus Republic of Gamers series but can't seem to find any info on Linux compatibility. Anyone have recommendations in those respects? -- Doug Stewart > On Feb 19, 2017, at 10:47 AM, Thomas Delrue <delrue.thomas@gmail.com> 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 > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug