<div dir="ltr">You can pickup Thinkpad x220 cheap on ebay with 2/4 core i7 processor and max 16G DRAM + SSD for under $250.<div>Just picked one up for the wife for $179.</div><div><br></div><div>After that I wouldn't bother with anything less than a P50. They can be had for under $1K and are absolute</div><div>beasts. Tons of ram capacity, multiple harddrives, nvme, dual gpus, suitable for CUDA dev.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://tinyurl.com/y3keh99t">https://tinyurl.com/y3keh99t</a> , <span style="background-color:rgb(248,248,248);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica neue",Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:700">Intel i7-6700HQ 2.60GHz 32GB 480GB SSD 15.6", </span>buy it now for $760</div><div><a href="http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/lenovo-thinkpad-p50-review-workstation-all/">http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/lenovo-thinkpad-p50-review-workstation-all/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I've been halfway around the world with *business class* Thinkpads and they have never failed me.</div><div><br></div><div>Peter</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 1:17 PM Mark Ellison <<a href="mailto:ellison@ieee.org">ellison@ieee.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi- <div><br></div><div>As appropriate, please respond with your recent laptop experience...<br><br>I have been using the Lenovo Thinkpad line of laptops with Fedora Linux. </div><div><br></div><div>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".<br><br>Some online research turned up 'short battery life' problems with the T490 that seem resolvable with some BIOS tweaks.<br><br>Any issues, any preferences? Things to consider pre-sale?<br><br>Thanks in advance for all your help!<br><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_9192120814127600283gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Mark Ellison<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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