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Either the backlight or the inverter died in my 5-year-old Dell D820 laptop. Fixing it doesn't make financial sense, though I may throw it on my rack and hook it up to my KVM for "something", as I've figured out how to tell X to disable the internal monitor and use the external monitor as the primary. I've decided I want to go with a desktop machine for my main computer, so I can use a better keyboard and bigger monitor, but I still need something portable, too. I'm looking for a laptop that doesn't have to be a desk-melting screamer, but it also doesn't make sense to put money in anything *too* wimpy. I plan on splitting the hard drive to Windows/Kubuntu 12.04LTS, so I need a supported video card. Really the only reason I want to get a laptop NOW is that I don't want Windows 8, otherwise I would put it off. I find Windows 7 relatively stable and inoffensive. Through work I can get significant discounts on Lenovo and HP laptops, so I'm focusing on them. I just priced out a ThinkPad T530, and it was over $900 with the discount, and I picked the slowest i5 processor they have and 4GB RAM (though the better video card). That seems a bit much. Maybe I should look at i3 processors. Many of the models had ~14" screens, and I want at least 15". Any comparisons of HP vs Lenovo, or specific models that have worked or not worked with Linux would be great. Thanks.
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