Re: [PLUG] Laptop recommendations

On Feb 28, 2017 11:49 PM, "Rich Mingin (PLUG)" <plug@frags.us> wrote:

That's a fine idea if you don't want to spend as much. If you are morally averse to any money being paid to MS, though, it is no help.

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.

--
Greg Helledy
GRA, Incorporated
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F: +1 215-884-1385
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