On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 7:25 AM, Thomas Taylor
I'm thinking of getting a new laptop. Currently the wife and I share an old Dell which is setup for dual-booting Winblows and openSUSE. We frequently end up bargaining on who gets to use it on a given day.
I would like a laptop that can run Linux well, has supported hardware, high quality video (CAD drawings), is light weight, and preferably under $US 1000. Brand is not high on the priority list but customer service is.
What laptops are list members using and how was your experience (installation & use).
I've had good experiences with Lenovo (T410 and T420) and openSUSE. You can pick these up used for reasonable prices, and drop in a decent sized SSD to speed them up. They work quite well where you're just looking for a workhorse laptop... trade off is they are not ultrabook sized/weight, and they are either Intel video or Nvidia Optimus (which still sucks in Linux). What is high quality video to you? Intel is the easiest route to go on laptops. It usually "just works" for various definitions of works. I've seen Intel choke on some systems when you plug in an external monitor. Intel video also does not have good gaming support (although it's improving). What defines good customer service to you? That can mean simply taking it into Frys, Future Shop, MediaMarkt, Saturn, or whatever consumer electronics shop you purchase at and having them deal with it... or it can mean something like Dell does with courier pickup for repairs/service. C. -- openSUSE 13.1 x86_64, KDE 4.13 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org