Zareason.com, enough said. The owners live in Daybreak, but the business is based in Berkeley, California.
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Richard Esplin <[email protected]> wrote: > I spent November researching Linux laptop for a family member. I only > wanted to buy modern hardware (not refurbished) to get maximum lifetime out > of the machine. > > I found that the cheapest option was to get a cheap Dell or HP, but then I > would be paying the Windows tax and struggling with compatibility. > > I have previously purchased from System76 and had a great experience > (details are in my blog). > > This time I bought an Acer TravelMate off of NewEgg and have been happy. > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=34-314-516 > > Richard > > > On 12/20/2014 08:20 PM, Brian J. Rogers wrote: > >> Simple, while subjective, could be just buying one from System76. Cheapest >> would be to buy a low powered or used one then installing Ubuntu yourself. >> I picked up a refurbished Asus off Newegg for ~$300, and it has been >> running Fedora like a champ. I've tried Ubuntu on it and didn't have a >> problem. >> On Dec 20, 2014 7:53 PM, "Olli Ries" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Nicholas Stewart <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I'm looking to get a laptop to run Ubuntu with basic req's like 4 GB >>>> RAM and 250+ GB hard drive. >>>> >>>> What's the simplest/cheapest way to do this? >>>> >>>> >>> Most Lenovo's will do and you can get their consumer laptops for ~$400 >>> ($380 for a G Series one atm on sale). >>> Dell's XPS 13 is the developer laptop and certified, but >$1000. >>> >>> NVidia and ATi gfx chips typically work fine, but Intel GFX is best >>> supported and given your specs you aren't looking at framerate intensive >>> gaming or graphics applications. >>> >>> I have a Dell XPS 12, 8GB Ram (iirc, need to check), 512GB SSD, i7 >>> 2.7GHz, >>> 13months old which can be yours for $700, the camera however is not >>> working >>> under Linux (Ubuntu 14.10) >>> >>> hth, >>> O. >>> >> > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
