[ale] online build-your-own used/refurbished Linux-ready laptop

[Derek Atkins]

I have a T520; it's pretty good.
I've got a T540p that should arrive in the next day.

-derek

Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> writes:

> Look for a Lenovo Thinkpad W520. Do NOT get the 530 or the 510 even though the
> 510 will work. It's crap compared to the 520. The 530 is brain dead and may be
> the first one designed by Lenovi.
> The 520 is a honking desktop replacement with dual graphics each with
> dedicated ram. Intel and an nvidia.
> Be prepared to drop a was on it. They started at $2600 new. The 510/530
> started at $1500.
>
> On Jun 17, 2014 9:56 PM, "Ed Cashin" <ecashin at noserose.net> wrote:
>
>     Hi.
>    
>     Does anyone know of an online place where I can build a used laptop and
>     select Ubuntu as the pre-installed O.S.?
>    
>     There's thinkpenguin, which is pretty much exactly what I want, but it's
>     for new systems and the selection is limited.
>    
>     This is the kind of system I have in mind, but it's hard to find all this
>     in a used/refurbished state.  It's pretty hit or miss, mostly miss, on
>     eBay.
>    
>       Intel i7 CPU
>       16 GB RAM
>       500 GB SSD
>       14" screen
>    
>     Ideally the graphics card would be programmable using Intel's GPU
>     libraries, but I cannot remember whether their libraries are
>     Linux-compatible.
>    
>     Thanks!
>    
>     --
>       Ed Cashin <ecashin at noserose.net>
>    
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