[ale] Good Linux laptops

[Matthew]

Ok, I love the Thinkpad and Elitebooks. But lets get something straight
here. Both of those cost north of $1500. You can get a great ASUS for under
$1k. Most under $750. That's why I mentioned it.

"He's not a techie, so compatibility is important. I think he uses it for
basic things - pictures, email, web, etc"  Most people that fall in this
category can't fathom spending over $1000 for a laptop these days. That
said, Most laptops these days have great compatibility with Linux.

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Barlow, Jim D <jim.d.barlow at intel.com>wrote:

> Mathew stated:
> >  I have an asus k73 and a b53. The k73, worked fine until i changed the
> internal wifi card to an intel one, then it worked great. I have said it
> before, the asus laptops are great, to my complete surprise.
> >  On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Doug Hall <doughalldev at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >  A coworker, whom I switched to Ubuntu a little over a year ago, is
> looking for a nice new linux laptop. I know the Lenovos are usually a
> pretty good choice. Does anyone else have a laptop they're thrilled with,
> which will > run Mint or Ubuntu? He's not a techie, so compatibility is
> important. I think he uses it for basic things - pictures, email, web, etc.
>
> I get a Lenovo ThinkPad, an HP Elitebook, and a Dell Latitude each year at
> work.    They all work great.    When you get into the consumer grade
> stuff, things can be trickier.    For me, I found Ubuntu a little flakey
> (but improving) on how the BCM wireless is supported.    It kept breaking
> with updates.
>
> I switched that neighbor to Fedora, and she is happy with the low end
> laptop now.
>
> - Jim
>
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