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[Discuss] Litebook - cheap Linux laptop
- Subject: [Discuss] Litebook - cheap Linux laptop
- From: greg at freephile.com (Greg Rundlett (freephile))
- Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 15:11:05 -0500
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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 https://eQuality-Tech.com https://freephile.org 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. > > -- > Bill Ricker > bill.n1vux at gmail.com > https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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