| Lee H. Marzke via plug on 16 Jun 2020 13:55:59 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Fwd: Re: Inexpensive laptop |
----- Original Message ----- > From: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> > To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> > Sent: Tuesday, 16 June, 2020 16:47:16 > Subject: [PLUG] Fwd: Re: Inexpensive laptop > Something like this? > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-laptop-W530-Core-i7-3-60Ghz-1920x1080p-16GB-RAM-1TB-hdd-NVIDIA/142245819970 > ThinkWiki has a bunch of issue written against that one: https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:W530 I'm not sure what "W" series are, I've mostly seen "P" and "X" units used. This site has some recommendations: https://linuxhint.com/linux_lenovo_thinkpad/ Lee > > > On 6/16/20 9:44 AM, Lee H. Marzke via plug wrote: >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> *From: *"Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" >> <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> >> *To: *"Drew DeVault" <sir@cmpwn.com> >> *Cc: *"Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" >> <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>, "Tom" <tlbox@verizon.net> >> *Sent: *Tuesday, 16 June, 2020 02:48:39 >> *Subject: *Re: [PLUG] Inexpensive laptop >> >> On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 10:08 PM Drew DeVault via plug >> <plug@lists.phillylinux.org <mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org>> wrote: >> >> What I don't like to roll the dice on is Linux support. Drivers, >> UEFI, >> firmware, and more can be super spotty on a lot of laptops, and it's >> hard to tell in advance if you'll get screwed. ThinkPads, on the >> other >> hand - I'm running Alpine Linux, NetBSD, Haiku, and Plan 9 :) >> >> >> Pre/Post COVID, load a thumb drive with the live install of the >> distro of choice. Take it to Best Buy and boot the display model of >> the laptop you’re interested in from the thumb drive. If everything >> works then you’re golden. The only caveat might be a password >> protected BIOS that doesn’t have “boot from USB” enabled. Good luck >> David >> >> >> Used Thinkpad, they last forever. I've been through 6 or more units >> for myself or installed Ubuntu on units purchased for friends. >> The sub-model ( screen type, etc ) sometimes matters for compatibility. >> >> Yes you'll need new batteries, more RAM, and such, but still very >> inexpensive. >> >> I've had luck with several X200 netbook size units, X-61 tab / >> convertible, then upgraded to X-230 tablets. >> For business use, I'm looking now that the newer X-1's but that is lot >> of money. I just can't stand anything without a track-point. >> >> Lee >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> >> -- >> "Between subtle shading and the absence of light lies the nuance of >> iqlusion..." - Kryptos >> Lee Marzke, lee@marzke.net http://marzke.net/lee/ >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> 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 -- "Between subtle shading and the absence of light lies the nuance of iqlusion..." - Kryptos Lee Marzke, lee@marzke.net http://marzke.net/lee/ ___________________________________________________________________________ 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