[olug] Laptop suggestions

[Lou Duchez]

For what it's worth, my experience with 1 out of 1 ASUS laptops has been 
positive.  A statistical sample of 1 is pretty worthless, but since 
you've got a lot of ASUS experience I'll add my data point to yours.

> Ok, I will chime in here:
> Asus is great equipment based on usage I have seen from people over the
> years.  I would go there first for a personal laptop.
> Sony/Toshiba sucks to get ANY support on if the hardware stays functioning
> in any way...won't put anyone I care about in those.
> HP/Dell business lines are pretty solid, if not a bit expensive.
> Lenovo...mixed.  Seem to have hinge problems on many models and I have seen
> that (less than 3 years tops out of them) more than once.
> Love my Macs BUT not upgradable at all.
>
> These are my opinions...your mileage may vary.
>
> Craig Wolf
> (402)990-3010
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> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Matthew Goeres <mgoeres at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I bought a Lenovo Thinkpad T460 from the Lenovo outlet and have had really
>> good luck with it. The the thinkpads are very easy to upgrade. This one for
>> example, I paid $700 for it new, it had the higher res display, a 256G SSD
>> 16G of ram, and a core i7. I have since upgraded from 16G to 32G of ram and
>> a 1TB SSD. Running Linux Mint with several virtualbox VMs for random tasks.
>> Very happy with it.
>>
>> If you have any IBM thinkpad experience, they will seem sort of cheap, but
>> as long as your expectations are set and you understand the Lenovo
>> thinkpads aren't the indestructible tanks that the old IBM ones were then I
>> think you will be fine with it.
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 8:57 AM, Justin Reiners <justin at hotlinesinc.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have also purchased many Toshibas for family members who needed
>> laptops.
>>> Best buy open box area is very nice for deals, since you are just going
>> to
>>> wipe it anyways.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 23, 2017 8:53 AM, "Lou Duchez" <lou at paprikash.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've always had good luck with Toshiba laptops; I don't have any
>> specific
>>>> models in mind, but Toshiba seems like a worthy bet.
>>>>
>>>> I've had my current Toshiba laptop since late 2011, and it's still
>>> running
>>>> like a champ.  Part of it is that I treat it like a desktop -- for the
>>> most
>>>> part I leave it on my desk -- but in general its performance has
>> remained
>>>> solid.  I added RAM at one point, but that's it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm starting to look at a new personal laptop to replace my aging
>> MacBook
>>>>> Pro (15" Mid-2010).
>>>>>
>>>>> As evidenced by the age of this system, I like to keep my equipment
>> for
>>> a
>>>>> long time and I will pay a bit more for an expandable and reasonably
>>>>> powerful system that I can upgrade over.  My hard top end for the
>> budget
>>>>> is
>>>>> $1800.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've heard good things about the Dell 13 XPS, but for a bit of savings
>>>>> (and
>>>>> throwing some support behind the Linux builders) I've also
>> investigated
>>>>> the
>>>>> System 76 "Galaga Pro".
>>>>>
>>>>> Are there any other vendors/brands/models I've overlooked that I
>> should
>>>>> investigate?
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan
>>>>>
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