[ale] Buying advice for Laptop ?

[Charles Shapiro]

I've also had real good luck with Lenovos.  I dunno anything about windows,
but they seem to take Linux  very well.  They do tend to be on the beefy
side, though.

-- CHS


On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Beddingfield, Allen <allen at ua.edu> wrote:

>   Stick with Dell or HP.  Toshiba, Samsung, and Sony tend to not make
> drivers available for later versions of Windows (yuck!) if that is the
> route you are going.  Also, Dell and HP have good support, and there are
> more parts available on EBay for them later.
> Allen B.
>   --
> Allen Beddingfield
> Systems Engineer
> The University of Alabama
>
>
>   From: <ale-bounces at ale.org> on behalf of Narahari 'n' Savitha
> Reply-To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at 8:19 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: [ale] Buying advice for Laptop ?
>
>   Friends:
>
> I am in the market for a laptop.  I am trying to decide between
> celeron(may be ?)
>
>  i3
> i5
> i7
>
>  Brands (Lenovo, ASUS, Toshiba Acer, HP) ?
> RAM 8GB good enough or 16GB ?
> SSD a must or not really ?
> if HDD 5400rpm vs 7200 rpm makes diff ?
> Screen 15.6 inch screen.
>
>  Has to run Windows (8.1 is what I get I guess )
>
>  Uses:  VPN to Mrs. office.  Daughters projects with MS office.
>
>  -N
>
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