Joe Shisei Niski([email protected])@Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 09:51:48AM -0700: > > On 08/23/2017 07:16 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:53:49 -0700 > > Vedanta Teacher <[email protected]> dijo: > > > >> I was thinking about replacing it with a Lenovo ThinkPad T570: > > Thinkpads are famous for reliability and Linux compatibility. But you > > should also check out the offerings from System76. > Many thumbs up to System76 for for nice turnkey Linux laptops, > responsive pre-sale staff willing and ready to answer questions, and > good service. I reccomend that if you go this route , do a little > research onthe OEM of the system ad - I've purchased Clevo (also sold > as Sager and Alienware) hardware from them and never had a problem. Not > sure what they're selling these days.
I cannot more strongly recommend against System76. At my previous company we used them for desktops and laptops for a few years. After a number of bad hardware problems (example: three desktops in a row had their power supplies catch fire. Not figuratively, actual smoke and fire) and their resulting lack of ability to fix those things (one of those desktops was in their hands for more than a month for repairs, during which we had to just buy another computer for that user so they could work) I talked to the management to see what we could do about it and the answer was "eh, we think it's probably a problem on your side."[1] We put all the System76 machines on Craigslist and bought Dells to replace them, which were fine. I hear pretty good things about Clevo/Sager, though if you go that route you're the support and warranty department :) You can get replacement parts cheap enough, but not super quick. Consider it buying a machine built from NewEgg and you'll be fine. -- Bill Weiss _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
