Re: [NF] Which laptop?

2013-04-15 Thread Michael Oke, II
I brought that model up because I bought one for a client. He wanted Linux and found that one and wanted it. He likes Dell anyway and it really didn't matter to me either way. I wouldn't say that it took me any longer to setup than a standard Windows box but it wasn't any quicker either. He's no

Re: [NF] Which laptop?

2013-04-15 Thread Kevin Cully
If you're looking for Linux (as well as Windows) compatibility, take a look at System76. I don't own one but I've heard really good things, and my next laptop will be a System76 laptop. https://www.system76.com/laptops/model/panp9 -Kevin On 04/12/2013 04:01 PM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: Do you

Re: [NF] Which laptop?

2013-04-15 Thread Alan Bourke
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013, at 09:20 PM, Michael Oke, II wrote: > Dell has a laptop that they ship with Linux, They do ... >so I would expect that you wouldn't have too > many issues. You'd think ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/11/dell_sputnik_review/ ___

RE: [NF] Which laptop?

2013-04-13 Thread Adam Buckland
+1 My wife says that size up front IS important. -Original Message- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Russell Sent: 12 April 2013 21:04 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Which laptop? I have 12 gig on my laptop and my usage is 4-6 gig all the

Re: [NF] Which laptop?

2013-04-12 Thread Michael Oke, II
Dell has a laptop that they ship with Linux, although that specific model may be out of your budget, so I would expect that you wouldn't have too many issues. Michael Oke, II oke...@gmail.com 661-349-6221 On Apr 12, 2013, at 1:01 PM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: > > Thanks. Looks like what I

RE: [NF] Which laptop?

2013-04-12 Thread John J. Mihaljevic
Sorry, but I don't. -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Aráoz Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 3:01 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] Which laptop? El 12/04/13 16:03, John J. Mihaljevic escribió: > I just boug

Re: [NF] Which laptop?

2013-04-12 Thread Ricardo Aráoz
El 12/04/13 17:04, Stephen Russell escribió: I have 12 gig on my laptop and my usage is 4-6 gig all the time. Go for Ram over disk IMHO Probably right, I will look for more ram. In any case John's Dell comes with 8 gig so it is within these specs. _

Re: [NF] Which laptop?

2013-04-12 Thread Stephen Russell
I have 12 gig on my laptop and my usage is 4-6 gig all the time. Go for Ram over disk IMHO On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: > El 12/04/13 15:04, Stephen Russell escribió: > > Make sure you can up the ram to 12,16 gig. That dive it pretty large, do >> you need that or wou

Re: [NF] Which laptop?

2013-04-12 Thread Ricardo Aráoz
El 12/04/13 16:03, John J. Mihaljevic escribió: I just bought a new Dell Inspiron 15R from Dell's web site. It was around $750 with a two-year warranty. It's got 8GB RAM, a 1T HD, a 15.6" touch-screen monitor and an i5 processor. It looks like I'm gonna get 4-5 hours on one battery charge. After

Re: [NF] Which laptop?

2013-04-12 Thread Stephen Russell
I am looking as well. Now that you need to have touch screen I am interested in looking again. That and I lost two key tops from the keyboard when a box was slid on my laptop that was open. Win8 I was going to wait for 9. But I just bought a cross dev toolkit for iAny, Android and WinPhone for

Re: [NF] Which laptop?

2013-04-12 Thread Ricardo Aráoz
El 12/04/13 15:04, Stephen Russell escribió: Make sure you can up the ram to 12,16 gig. That dive it pretty large, do you need that or would 650 gig fit you and a backup 2TB UBS drive be cheaper? Checking prices locally I found out that the $ difference between 650Gb and 1Tb is small. ___

Re: [NF] Which laptop?

2013-04-12 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 4/12/2013 3:03 PM, John J. Mihaljevic wrote: I just bought a new Dell Inspiron 15R from Dell's web site. It was around $750 with a two-year warranty. It's got 8GB RAM, a 1T HD, a 15.6" touch-screen monitor and an i5 processor. It looks like I'm gonna get 4-5 hours on one battery charge. After

Re: [NF] Which laptop?

2013-04-12 Thread Stephen Russell
Make sure you can up the ram to 12,16 gig. That dive it pretty large, do you need that or would 650 gig fit you and a backup 2TB UBS drive be cheaper? On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: > Next month a friend of mine will be in USA and I was thinking of asking > him to buy m

RE: [NF] Which laptop?

2013-04-12 Thread John J. Mihaljevic
I just bought a new Dell Inspiron 15R from Dell's web site. It was around $750 with a two-year warranty. It's got 8GB RAM, a 1T HD, a 15.6" touch-screen monitor and an i5 processor. It looks like I'm gonna get 4-5 hours on one battery charge. After three days with it, I'm really liking it. It soun