cheap netbook: Lenovo IdeaPad 1
We were talking about cheap netbooks for Linux last night. This one is on sale from Lenovo for $180. New; free shipping. <https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/p/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-100/ideapad-1-(11%E2%80%9D,-amd)/82gv004kus> I'm in some kind of club with Lenovo that gets me this for $175. Lenovo PRO? EPP? I don't know. Going through Rakuten.ca will currently save you another 3%. Sometimes it is 12%. The display 11" is only 1366 x 768 pixels. Too low res for me. 4G of RAM -- OK. 64G of eMMC -- OK for Windows or Linux, but pretty tight for dual boot. AMD 3020e Processor (1.20 GHz, up to 2.60 GHz Max Boost, 2 Cores, 2 Threads, 4 MB cache) HDMI 1.4, 2 x USB 3.2 (Gen1) This is probably more cost-effective than a Raspberry Pi 4 if the display and keyboard are useful.
I see $179.99, and it's cheaper than Chromebook! OS is "Windows 11 Home S Mode". Can you install Linux on the machine? On 2022-06-15 14:46, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
We were talking about cheap netbooks for Linux last night.
This one is on sale from Lenovo for $180. New; free shipping. <https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/p/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-100/ideapad-1-(11%E2%80%9D,-amd)/82gv004kus>
I'm in some kind of club with Lenovo that gets me this for $175. Lenovo PRO? EPP? I don't know.
Going through Rakuten.ca will currently save you another 3%. Sometimes it is 12%.
The display 11" is only 1366 x 768 pixels. Too low res for me.
4G of RAM -- OK.
64G of eMMC -- OK for Windows or Linux, but pretty tight for dual boot.
AMD 3020e Processor (1.20 GHz, up to 2.60 GHz Max Boost, 2 Cores, 2 Threads, 4 MB cache)
HDMI 1.4, 2 x USB 3.2 (Gen1)
This is probably more cost-effective than a Raspberry Pi 4 if the display and keyboard are useful. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
| From: William Park via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | I see $179.99, and it's cheaper than Chromebook! OS is "Windows 11 Home S | Mode". Windows 11s is just Windows with training wheels. You should be able to trivially turn it into Windows 11. Certainly that was true of Win 10s. Perhaps machines delivered with Win 11s don't meet the specs for a comfortable Win 11. Apparently Microsoft is now or soon requiring a minimum of 8G of RAM for Windows certification. | Can you install Linux on the machine? Surely you can install Linux, but I haven't tried it. There is a tiny chance that some kind of peripheral is unsupported by Linux. But don't worry, Lenovo accepts returns with no penalty for something like 30 days (check the site). I've had a few laptops with something not supported yet in the Linux I tried (always Fedora). Usually it was supported after all the updates were applied. There is usually someone in the community that has hit the problem before you: google can usually find their story.
On 2022-06-15 14:46, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
This is probably more cost-effective than a Raspberry Pi 4 if the display and keyboard are useful.
And at least you can get one of these. Well, you could: the Lenovo site is showing "unavailable" It might be a little slower than a Raspberry Pi 4: fewer cores, slower CPU
On 2022-06-15 22:40, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote:
On 2022-06-15 14:46, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
This is probably more cost-effective than a Raspberry Pi 4 if the display and keyboard are useful.
And at least you can get one of these. Well, you could: the Lenovo site is showing "unavailable"
It might be a little slower than a Raspberry Pi 4: fewer cores, slower CPU
Yeah, but builtin keyboard, screen, case, UPS, wifi, eMMC.
William Park via talk <talk@gtalug.org> writes:
Yeah, but builtin keyboard, screen, case, UPS, wifi, eMMC. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org
Leave That baby alone. It seems to be a scam to get your email address. I ordered one when someone posted he deal a few months back I Got lots of emails about it "shipping soon" but it never came. At least they never tried to charge my account for it. Instead I got bombarded with spam until I stuck Lenovo in my GNUS KillFile It serves me right in a way as I already have one piece of Lenovo Junk but thought it a nice item at the time. -- William Henderson aka Slackrat http://billh.sdf.org/slackware.jpg 9HS5203 ON HamSphere Ham Radio
| From: Slackrat via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | Leave That baby alone. | | It seems to be a scam to get your email address. | | I ordered one when someone posted he deal a few months back | | I Got lots of emails about it "shipping soon" but it never came. | | At least they never tried to charge my account for it. | | Instead I got bombarded with spam until I stuck Lenovo in my GNUS KillFile | | It serves me right in a way as I already have one piece of Lenovo Junk | but thought it a nice item at the time. Lenovo.com is reputable. Sure, some things are imperfect (like delivery dates). All mailings from them should include methods of unsubscribing. I trust such links for companies I trust.
On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 04:21:41PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
Lenovo.com is reputable. Sure, some things are imperfect (like delivery dates).
All mailings from them should include methods of unsubscribing. I trust such links for companies I trust.
Yes a clearance model selling out quickly is not a scam. Not sure how anyone could think lenovo.com is a scam site. I you don't know how to unsubscribe from marketing email from reputable companies, perhaps the internet is not for you. -- Len Sorensen
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