You pay a premium for system 76 due to their dev work they do. They work with canonical to fix issues and improve the OS for their hardware.
> On Sep 5, 2017, at 7:14 PM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > system76 is expensive too > >> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 8:27 PM, Phil Waclawski <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> I have a laptop from zareason that I've used for several years. It was a >> touch pricey, but still powerful enough to do a lot. They also will install >> different flavors of linux for you. >> >> Phil Waclawski >> >>> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 5:25 PM, Mark Phillips <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> Rusty, >>> >>> Did you check out System 76 laptops? They come with Ubuntu installed, but I >>> think you can ask for any distro. I have been using their hardware for a >>> couple of years, and it is flawless. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 5:18 PM, Michael Butash <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I just went through this with a new dell, where I used the local windoze >>>> tools to make a usb backup imagine with their software to a 16gb drive, >>>> and just tossed it in a drawer if I ever need to restore things. That >>>> supposedly restores their recovery partitions and windoze itself, which >>>> should be everything... >>>> >>>> I'd not put faith in some tier 1 rep telling you linux voids the warranty. >>>> It was probably one of those "What is linux? Yeah, don't do that." sort >>>> of comments ignorant agents might spew, but otherwise shouldn't matter. >>>> If you restore the disk and bios to prior function, they should be none >>>> the wiser anyways. >>>> >>>> -mb >>>> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 10:37 AM, irb <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> * Carruth, Rusty (aka [email protected]) used 15K on Tue, 05 Sep >>>>> 2017 at 17:21 +0000 to say: >>>>> > >>>>> > (By the way – does anyone remember the ‘windows refund day’ many years >>>>> > back? >>>>> > System vendors refused to honor the refund clause stated in the EULA (or >>>>> > whatever it was), claiming that Microsoft had to honor it, and Micro$oft >>>>> > claimed that it was the responsibility of the system vendors (which, >>>>> > indeed, >>>>> > it was). But as far as I know, NOBODY got their refund…. Again, >>>>> > where’s >>>>> > the lawyers????) >>>>> >>>>> I remember that, as part of BALUG many years ago. I never got a refund and >>>>> Microsoft tried to turn it to their advantage by setting up a booth. I >>>>> think >>>>> there's a documentary out there somewhere. >>>>> >>>>> When dealing with warranty crap from laptop vendors I just take an image >>>>> of >>>>> the drive. If I have to send it in I don't include the drive anyway, and >>>>> I've >>>>> never been given grief over it. Still, having an original hardware backup >>>>> like that is kinda cool. >>>>> >>>>> /i. >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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