Buying a New Laptop

[Glenn Robuck]

I run linux on my Latitude E6500 (and it runs just as well on the E6510) and
it works out of the box.

Those are well outside the $1000 budget that was first stated, but linux
runs great on any and all the Dell laptops I've ever used.  I only listed
their ubuntu page because it's a linux offering.

I know that Dell also sells "no os" or freeDOS machines too but I didn't see
any laptops on their site.  You could always go through the Dell outlet and
buy from there and the discount would put you under or near the $1000 mark.

Regardless, the Dell Latitude line work great as a linux laptop.

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Jim Herrmann <kclug at itdepends.com> wrote:

> That's great that they are doing that, but their Linux laptop offerings are
> lame.  They offer a 10" and a 13".  Woah.  Don't get carried away with the
> option there.  And it's Ubuntu 9.10.  Great.  18 month old release that's
> not even an LTS release, so it's unsupported out of the box.  1GB of RAM,
> can't increase it.
>
> And they wonder why no one buys them.  Sheesh.
>
> I appreciate that you've had good luck with them, and I'm sure their
> Windoze machines are just fine.  Just no point in buying a Linux laptop from
> them.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Glenn Robuck <techravingmad at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=us&l=en&cs=19
>>
>> <http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=us&l=en&cs=19>That's
>> the Dell Ubuntu laptops.
>>
>> We use Dells at work and we don't have any issues with 3rd party plugs.
>>  Even if there was a problem a replacement power brick ranges from $50-$120.
>>  We've used Dells for over 4 years and we've never had a power brick go bad.
>>  We've had users break them, but never go bad.
>>
>> I use Dell every day and recommend them especially since the hardware is
>> fully supported.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Jim Herrmann <kclug at itdepends.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I'm buying a new laptop really soon.  What do the members of KCLUG
>>> recommend for a Linux only laptop.  Pre-installed or no OS is fine with me,
>>> I just don't want to pay for something I'm never going to use.  I'm willing
>>> to spend in the neighborhood of a grand, give or take a few hundred.  So, I
>>> want a fairly nice machine, light weight for travel, but durable and
>>> reliable.  And, it goes without saying, Linux friendly.  You guys are super
>>> resourceful, so I wanted to tap into the vast knowledge base on this list.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your input.
>>>
>>> Jim Herrmann
>>>
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