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.