[Discuss] Yet Another Laptop Recommendation Thread

[markw at mohawksoft.com (Mark Woodward)]

I just got a Dell Inspiron i15R with an Intel i7, 8g RAM, 1T disk, usb3, 
wirelesss-N, HDMI, USB3, WebCam, and DVD+/-RW at Microcenter, I haven't 
plugged in the HDMI jack yet (I should do that soon), the install went 
flawless. No drivers, no weirdness, just worked with Ubuntu 12.04

On 09/29/2012 10:38 PM, David Kramer wrote:
> 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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