Recent Laptop experiences sought

[Peter Petrakis]

16GB ram is my minimum for a Linux desktop. 8GB was fine before sandbox
tabbed browsing came
along but today that's where the bulk of the memory is allocated. It works
but it feels cramped sometimes.
KDE is leaner than gnome these days believe it or not. I also don't need a
registry editor or "tweak tool"
to set stuff that matters.

I still have a T510 with an SSD that won't die. I had to replace the cpu
fan recently though, bearings were going.

It might be worth investigating if you can get LineageOS onto the
chromebook. I recently recycled a Samsung
Galaxy S4 from Android 4.4 to Android 9 using LOS (r16?). Thing screams now.

On Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 4:07 PM Tom Buskey <tom at buskey.name> wrote:

> I tend to use my laptop in one place so I don't really use the battery.  I
> want chrome, xterminals and ssh to my servers.
>
> I had T61p laptops with 8GB and SSD for a long time until the power
> supplies got flakey.
> I upgraded to a T420s from ebay ($100ish) plugged the SSD from the T61p
> and just kept running.
> I like the durability (the T61p was 12 years old!).
> All the newer laptops seem to have chiclet type keyboards.  I prefer more
> of a real keyboard.
>
> I have a chromebook that can run Linux.  It's a bit slower, has only 4GB
> RAM (upper limit for cheap chromebooks), lower resolution and that horrible
> keyboard.  The battery life is fantastic though.
>
> On Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 2:13 PM Peter Petrakis <peter.petrakis at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> You can pickup Thinkpad x220 cheap on ebay with 2/4 core i7 processor and
>> max 16G DRAM + SSD for under $250.
>> Just picked one up for the wife for $179.
>>
>> After that I wouldn't bother with anything less than a P50. They can be
>> had for under $1K and are absolute
>> beasts. Tons of ram capacity, multiple harddrives, nvme, dual gpus,
>> suitable for CUDA dev.
>>
>> https://tinyurl.com/y3keh99t  , Intel i7-6700HQ 2.60GHz 32GB 480GB SSD
>> 15.6", buy it now for $760
>>
>> http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/lenovo-thinkpad-p50-review-workstation-all/
>>
>> I've been halfway around the world with *business class* Thinkpads and
>> they have never failed me.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 1:17 PM Mark Ellison <ellison at ieee.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi-
>>>
>>> As appropriate, please respond with your recent laptop experience...
>>>
>>> I have been using the Lenovo Thinkpad line of laptops with Fedora Linux.
>>>
>>> Currently, have a short list of laptops- the Lenovo Thinkpad T490 and
>>> the HP ProBook, Zbook or Elite with the i7 4-core 8M cache. Screen should
>>> be no larger than 14".
>>>
>>> Some online research turned up 'short battery life' problems with the
>>> T490 that seem resolvable with some BIOS tweaks.
>>>
>>> Any issues, any preferences?  Things to consider pre-sale?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for all your help!
>>>
>>> Mark Ellison
>>>
>>>
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