Thanks for update. Costco includes shipping, whereas Canada Computers is for pickup. At work, we recently got Lenovo P1 Gen3, and it's flaky. My laptop doesn't recognize AC power plug, so I have to charge via USB-C. Everything is off USB, even the docking station, and it disconnects often. You can hear Windows notifications. So, network hangs, USB disk hangs, serial dongle hangs, etc. Fans is blasting even in sleep mode. Hopefully, Intel uses "Intel components"... On 2022-11-18 18:18, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
This computer is now $899.99 from Costco.ca ($0.99 cheaper at Canada computer). A Black Friday thing, at least at Canada Computer. <https://www.costco.ca/intel-nuc-m15-brc710ecuxbd1-intel-evo-laptop%2C-i7-1260p.product.4000101222.html>
The warranty support should be better at Costco. I don't think that you have to be a member to order it online.
Canada Computer would charge for shipping.
I like supporting local stores. CC has a bad reputation for returns but I don't have any personal bad experiences.
| From: D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | | | From: William Park via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | | | | I just noticed "INTEL NUC M15 EVO Platform Consumer Notebook" on sale at | | Canada Computers. I know about NUC box, but didn't know Intel made a laptop | | also. | | Here's a link to the Canada Computers offering: | <https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_4418_4423&item_id=230664> | It looks to be a clearance: | - 33% discount | - no stock for online sale | - no stock in my closest store | - some stock at other stores | Note: if you want this, I have been able to get CC to ship items from | another store to your local store if you pay for the item ahead of time. | | | Anyone heard anything bad about them? | | I had not heard about this line before. | | Here's a good article about them from two years ago: | <https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/19/21573577/intel-nuc-m15-laptop-news-specs-features-price> | | I would not buy this particular model. There are computers with similar | specs for much less. But then I normally don't like paying for looks or | feel. | | For $1000 I'd want more than FullHD, especially at 15.6". Of course this | depends on one's eyes: it might be just right for you. | | Like most (but not all) high-end notebooks, you cannot upgrade the RAM. | 16G is enough probably, but it is great to have an option. My elderly XPS | 15 has 32G of RAM because it was easy to replace the 8G that it came with. | | My impression is that AMD is a better choice for notebook processor at the | moment: less power consumption for the same computation. The Apple M1 and | M2 are even better, but not yet for Linux. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk