Re: [PLUG] Laptop recommendations

On Feb 28, 2017 21:08, "Keith C. Perry" <kperry@daotechnologies.com> wrote:

The other thing you can do is purchase an overstock or coming-off-lease model. The depreciation won't be the full retail price but it will be close to or more than the Dell No-OS or Linux prices. Micrometer tends to have a good selection every so often.

Unfortunately hardware manufacturers still think they need to bow to MS' demands.

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From: "Rich Mingin (PLUG)" <plug@frags.us>
To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 4:16:41 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Laptop recommendations

Of course it does. Every retail laptop will come bundled with Windows, unless you special order from Dell or order from System76/Penguin Computing/et al.
I was putting together a special order last year for a mobile workstation and the HP 'concierge' flatly denied me the option of ordering without an OS. Even after I explained that I wanted to put Linux on it, he first told me that Linux support was not offered, and then *ended the call* after accusing me of looking to pirate MS Windows.

Dell is alone in offering NoOS/Linux options on their computers, at least last I checked. If ordering a laptop without paying for Windows matters to you, it's Dell or a smaller OEM.

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 4:12 PM, K.S. Bhaskar <ksbhaskar@gmail.com> wrote:
Looks like it comes with Windows 10, so there is a tax...

Regards
-- Bhaskar

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On Feb 28, 2017 2:16 PM, "K.S. Bhaskar" <ksbhaskar@gmail.com> wrote:
Does purchasing that laptop involve payment of M$tax? I'm in the market for a laptop, but have a religious objection to paying M$taxes.

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On Feb 26, 2017 11:56 PM, <rgeoffrey@platypiventures.com> wrote:
I just bought a new laptop last week. I went with an MSI GE62 from Microcenter. The version I got has a 15.6" screen, 16GB ram, and 1TB spinning disc, though they seem to have two different versions now.

http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?Ntt=msi+ge62&Ntk=all&sortby=match&N=4294863597+4294964325&myStore=true

-----Original Message-----
From: "Greg Helledy" <gregsonh@gra-inc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 12:35pm
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: [PLUG] Laptop recommendations

You might look at a Dell Inspiron. There is the XPS 13 Developer
Edition, which is delivered with Ubuntu, but is just a bit over your
price range.

In addition, there is the Inspiron 7000-series 2-in-1 (where the
keyboard folds around back to make the unit more like a tablet),
available in 13", 15" and 17" screen sizes. You can get the 13" with
touchscreen, a Core i7, 16 GB RAM and a 512 GB SSD for $1,100. A year
ago I bought myself the 11" version, they were still making them with
enough power to be useful then. If Ubuntu and its relatives work for
you, they are well-supported on Dells.

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Greg Helledy
GRA, Incorporated
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