On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: > My Lenovo T61 finally gave up the ghost this morning. About 8:30AM, > processor died, seemed to take out memory management, or whatever. I > purchased it used from Howard, and have used it for several years. And > have no issues with it. Not fancy, just rugged enough for me and > functional to the limit. May it now RIP. > > I have been running Mint 1 LTE, and hardware was upgraded to 8G RAM, > 1T hard drive. > > Enough mourning old laptops. ... Onward... > > What is the current recommendation for a pretty good laptop these > days? I'd love an Alienware with 16G and I7 processor, but I also > want to stay on this side of the poor house. It also must pass the > SWMBO test. I'd like to have USB3 available. > > Suggestions? > > (My linux desktop has been out for a year or so, and I am using a Win > 8.1x64 desktop now. It does PLEX for my TV OK.) > > I hope everyone had some great holidays, and new year! > > ><> ... Jack > > "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart"... Colossians 3:23 > "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - > Albert Einstein > "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." - > Admiral Grace Hopper, USN > "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I > learn." - Ben Franklin > > I don't know how cheap this would be, but my last desktop and last two laptops have come from system76 pre-loaded with Ubuntu. Throwing Mint or any other distro on their should pose no issue. I've had great luck with the three systems I've purchased from them. Both laptops traveled constantly without incident and two of the three systems have been handed down and are still going strong.
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