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.
>>>
>>
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