[olug] Laptop Recommendations

[Craig Wolf]

Jeff, have you looked at the Buffalo wireless equipment?  I am partial
to them and them come with DD-WRT preinstalled.

Craig Wolf

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T
<jeffh at dundeemt.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback, everyone.   I went with a Thinkpad T530.  I'll
> email my results when it arrives and I get it set up.
>
> I am still researching routers, I value Matthew's recommendation on the
> e4200.  I went with a 3 antenna centrino ultimate on the laptop.
>
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Sam Flint <harmonicnm7h at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have an EV laptop, and the screen is not lo-res, and it looks great.
>>
>> Sam
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Aric <aric at omahax.com> wrote:
>> > I looked at EightVirtues http://www.eightvirtues.com/laptops.html
>> > All their laptops have crappy low rez screens.
>> >
>> > Take a look here http://rjtech.com/shop/index.php
>> > A Clevo is about the only high rez non chicklet laptop I know of.
>> >
>> >> I,'d reccomend EightVirtues PC,  theymtake a while tj get to you,  but
>> >> you're supporting a hasband-wife only company,  they are great machines,
>> >> rebranded MSIs,  and i have had 0 hardwale issues,  and they come with
>> >> Linux pre installed.
>> >>
>> >> -- Sam Flint,
>> >> imrunningoutofideas.co.cc
>> >> On Sep 17, 2012 11:22 PM, "Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T" <jeffh at dundeemt.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I am looking to replace my aging laptop and I'm looking for a
>> programmer
>> >>> and *nix friendly system.  I5 or I3 + High resolution screen  (won't go
>> >>> for
>> >>> 1366x768 ick) and a good keyboard (not a fan of the chiclet kb's -- I
>> >>> touch
>> >>> type)   Anyone bought something similar recently that they would
>> >>> recommend?
>> >>>  T series thinkpads?  I don't have a problem filling it up with after
>> >>> market memory or SSDs most vendors charge way too much compared to
>> after
>> >>> market prices.  I've looked at system76 but those chiclet keys and
>> >>> consumer
>> >>> displays are a no-go for me.
>> >>>
>> >>> Also, I could stand to update my wireless router.  I've got a boatload
>> >>> of
>> >>> wireless devices in the house, many stream video (roku boxes) and
>> >>> laptops.
>> >>>  Anyone want to recommend something?  Cisco ea3500, Netgear n750 or
>> >>> cisco
>> >>> e4200??
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Best,
>> >>>
>> >>> Jeff Hinrichs
>> >>> 402.218.1473
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> Jeff Hinrichs
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