[olug] Laptop suggestions

[Craig Wolf]

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
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Strengths: Activator, Relator, Adaptability, Learner, Achiever

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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