So, I gave up waiting for Lenovo to fix their many spyware issues and get a machine in my price range.
>From the Dell Outlet, I ended up with a Dell Inspiron 15, i5, 1920x1080, 12 Gb RAM, Intel GPU, 1 Tb HDD for $619, free shipping. It's got a touch screen, which is pretty much wasted on me, and a flatish keyboard and one-piece touchpad-mousebuttons. I'll see if I can get used to those or if I go back to an external keyboard & mouse. I've got a day of backups and then see what sort of arcane gymnastics I need to do to unlock the machine and get Linux installed as the primary OS. On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 3:57 AM, Jerry Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm now looking for a laptop, and checked the archive, where I found >> several helpful posts. I'll happily listen to anyone else's suggestions. >> (Ted, what did you end up buying this spring?) > > Still holding out for "The One" keeping an eye out for bargains as the > new season of units arrives > > I'll likely get a Lenovo T450 or 550 with: > > 1) i5 processor, as i3 is too little and i7 adds expense without much > improvement > 2) 8 or 16 Gb of RAM because RAM is cheap and VMs eat it like candy > 3) 256 Gb SSD for the OS because they are fast and well supported > 4) A second HDD for data and bulk that doesn't need speed 500 Gb + > 5) 15.4 screen and 1920 x 1080, for reasonable bulk and tired old eye > and plenty of room for VFP widgets. > 6) Intel GPU as the nVidia GPUs are notoriously hard to support on an > Open Source platform. If you're a gamer or pure Windows guy, or don't > care about the licensing/ install hassles in Linux, the nVidia's a > higher-performance GPU, go for it. > > Lenovo has been *awful* for including spyware on their machines, so > I'll likely do a full Freemanize (tm) down to removing the EFI > spyware, and install Linux as my primary OS and Windows something in a > VM, and Linux is my primary OS these days. > > Why Lenovo? They still have the best combination keyboard, pointing > stick, trackpad set in the industry, and I spend a lot of time typing, > and haven't found any of the others match it. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4vjwujdbr+dx5xiqvi6j2ltxtist24dfcoaqzf2lef...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
