Re: [PLUG] Inexpensive laptop

[Tom via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Out of my price range. My "iexpensive” for this project is below about $300.

> On Jun 16, 2020, at 16:47, jeff via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
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> Something like this?
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> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-laptop-W530-Core-i7-3-60Ghz-1920x1080p-16GB-RAM-1TB-hdd-NVIDIA/142245819970
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> On 6/16/20 9:44 AM, Lee H. Marzke via plug wrote:
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>>    *To: *"Drew DeVault" <sir@cmpwn.com>
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>>    <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
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