Everyone, Thank You, I'll see about ordering a T570 next week...
Blessings, Paul W. On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 1:45 PM, Bill Weiss <[email protected]> wrote: > Bill Weiss([email protected])@Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 06:12:25PM > +0000: > > 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. > > I forgot my [1] footnote: we had 100 people in that office, most with > desktops. We had 3 power supply fires. Guess what the common thing among > them was? We also had no other weird power issues: no monitors or TVs > getting sad, no chargers being grumpy, etc. Also, all three of those > machines had the same maker/model power supply. > > > -- > Bill Weiss > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
