[Discuss] Litebook - cheap Linux laptop

[tmcallaghan at gmail.com (Tim Callaghan)]

The galago is a look-alike, if you squint hard enough. No discrete GPU and
likely yet another terrible trackpad.

-Tim


On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) <
greg at freephile.com> wrote:

> Now that the Google Pixel laptop is dead, there is a new entrant on the
> high-end Linux laptop from System 76.  Basically a MacBook Pro look-alike
> called Galago https://system76.com/laptops/galago
>
> Greg Rundlett
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> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > hardware - quad core Atom Celeron...high end
> > > http://www.zdnet.com/article/litebook-launches-249-linux-laptop/
> >
> > Ok, that's still a little less $ than a Refurb Lenova T420/430
> > (business outtakes, $300-350; of the last gen done to IBM drawings
> > post-split), but is it enough less to be compelling? This one is a lot
> > lighter and with a really thin unconvincing keyboard, all of which may
> > be a feature for some uses.  I'll bet the T420 has more horsepower and
> > has more upgrade possible, but if tablet with keyboard is goal for a
> > netbook light / faux chromebook, good that there are Linux native
> > options.
> >
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