I am also on the market for the same thing. In a "money is no object" world I'd just get a Dell Developer Edition. They are very good looking machines. But at $1500, not going to happen for me.
But I have been searching the 3 to 4 year old thinkpads like the t420/420s. And dell precision refurbs would probably be a easy linux install too. They appear to be all intel cpu wifi and nvidia graphis and the m4600 can go to 32gb ram. On Jan 2, 2015 4:14 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 > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
