[ale] online build-your-own used/refurbished Linux-ready laptop

[Derek Atkins]

Where "in the next day" should say "just arrived"...  I'll let you know
how my linuxification goes over the next couple days.

-derek

Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> writes:

> I have a T520; it's pretty good.
> I've got a T540p that should arrive in the next day.
>
> -derek
>
> Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Look for a Lenovo Thinkpad W520. Do NOT get the 530 or the 510 even though the
>> 510 will work. It's crap compared to the 520. The 530 is brain dead and may be
>> the first one designed by Lenovi.
>> The 520 is a honking desktop replacement with dual graphics each with
>> dedicated ram. Intel and an nvidia.
>> Be prepared to drop a was on it. They started at $2600 new. The 510/530
>> started at $1500.
>>
>> On Jun 17, 2014 9:56 PM, "Ed Cashin" <ecashin at noserose.net> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi.
>>    
>>     Does anyone know of an online place where I can build a used laptop and
>>     select Ubuntu as the pre-installed O.S.?
>>    
>>     There's thinkpenguin, which is pretty much exactly what I want, but it's
>>     for new systems and the selection is limited.
>>    
>>     This is the kind of system I have in mind, but it's hard to find all this
>>     in a used/refurbished state.  It's pretty hit or miss, mostly miss, on
>>     eBay.
>>    
>>       Intel i7 CPU
>>       16 GB RAM
>>       500 GB SSD
>>       14" screen
>>    
>>     Ideally the graphics card would be programmable using Intel's GPU
>>     libraries, but I cannot remember whether their libraries are
>>     Linux-compatible.
>>    
>>     Thanks!
>>    
>>     --
>>       Ed Cashin <ecashin at noserose.net>
>>    
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