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[Discuss] Notebook Recommendations?
- Subject: [Discuss] Notebook Recommendations?
- From: richard.pieri at gmail.com (Rich Pieri)
- Date: Sun, 1 May 2016 18:10:31 -0400
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On 5/1/2016 5:46 PM, Kent Borg wrote: > I was attacked by a Murphy bed this last weekend. (Some strong > springs involved?) It did not manage to kill me, the left side of my > head, my left hand, and my left thigh shared the blow, so I will be > fine. However, my old Lenovo notebook that I was reaching for didn't > do so well, seems to still work, but the case is getting pretty > fragmented. Time for a new computer. Ouch. Sorry for your loss. > So I think my wish-list is: > > - works with Linux Which is pretty easy these days, actually. > - mSATA mSATA is dead. M2/NGFF (PCIe) drives are where the compact form factors are. > - Intel graphics (they work better with Linux, right?) Yes if you're not playing games. If you are then I strongly suggest waiting until summer. AMD's mobile Polaris GPUs are supposed to start shipping in June. > - nice machine, doesn't have to be crazy fast > - portable, no 17" display > - inexpensive What is your actual budget? Because to me, "inexpensive" in a notebook is anything less than about $2K. For ultraportable I suggest looking at the Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition: 8GB, 256G PCIe drive, 1080p display, Intel HD Graphics, ships with Ubuntu, for about $1K. -- Rich P.
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