On Mon, 15 Jul 2019 00:26:58 -0400 Val Kulkov via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Jul 2019 at 23:18, Alex Beamish via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Greetings, My Windows 10 laptop died pretty close to its fifth birthday, so I'm planning on replacing it with a Linux laptop. I've used it for conference calls (hosting the Toronto Perlmongers meeings), and some light Libre Office work, so I need something better than a Bare Bones laptop, but not as wicked as a big fat gamer's rig. Refurbished is OK, and pre-loaded with Linux is also fine. Budget is perhaps $600-$800. Dell Latitude E7270 Ultrabook 12.5" FHD Touchscreen Core i7-6600U-2.6GHz works quite well with Ubuntu 18.04. Unfortunately, it is now out of stock at refurb.io, and Newegg only has Grade B refurbished units.
Had bad experience with Dell (battery blew up and main boards burned out), but I have had (and have) HP laptops, they work fantastic with Linux. Also, imho, when getting a laptop it is silly to get a puny small screen (otherwise get a pad) laptop screens must be at least 15 Inches and prefer 17"+ - size IS important :) 2c Andre