[ale] May need purchase Laptop - Linux Friendly

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

This is just my uninformed opinion - zero research - but I don't think chrome os or firefox os or "browser" os would give me the features and flexibility I expect from a computer, particularly as it relates to owning apps, running them off line, and manipulating lots of files on a hdd.

(Diagram THAT sentence.)  (Never mind, bad memories from pre college English.)

For example, I doubt you'd ever see Blender (3d graphics design) running on a "browser" os.

Sincerely,

Ron



Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com> wrote:

>Yeah, our Linux desktop purchases have come from GIM for that very
>reason over the last few years. Dell servers, though, are not priced
>that way. Actually, our most recent Windows purchase came from GIM as
>well, since Dell only sells Win 8 (with very limited exceptions). GIM
>builds their own desktops so it's easy to leave off a Windows license.
>I guess it's not so easy to build a laptop from parts, and they say all
>the laptop suppliers they deal with include Windows as part of the
>package. 
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>
>Tom, you might also consider a Chromebook. There are ones available at
>several price points. I read Linus himself has been working on ensuring
>kernel support and is using the high-end one as his main laptop. 
>
>
>Scott 
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>----- Original Message -----
>
>From: "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> 
>To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org> 
>Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 12:26:54 PM 
>Subject: Re: [ale] May need purchase Laptop - Linux Friendly 
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>When I was looking at the Linux offerings on Dell, the hardware combo
>for Linux was always a bit more than the lowest Winders version. So
>there was ALWAYS a winders systems that cost less. and there was no
>apple-to-apples comparison as they never offered the same hardware
>combo for both OS's. 
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