[vox] New laptop

[Eric Rasmussen]

I have a System 76 Gazelle that has served me well. The biggest drawbacks
are weight (> 5 pounds), shape (big and clunky), and system 76's drivers
are supported on ubuntu only. You can install another distro and most
things will work fine, but you might run into issues with the webcam,
suspend/resume, and keyboard control for volume/brightness/wireless. I
should note though that even though it's a little big, they make good use
of the space and the keyboard is more comfortable for me than smaller
laptops.

Keeping in mind the above caveats, I recommend at least taking a look at
what they have to offer. They make powerful/stable machines at a good price.

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Darth Borehd <darth.borehd at gmail.com>wrote:

> Call Dell.  They have Linux laptops and no O/S laptops (actually they come
> with freedos) available.
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> On 6 January 2013 10:44, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
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>> For the last five or so years I've bought
>> my machines from Zareason in Berkeley. I
>> like them because they thoroughly vet the
>> matches of distros and machines.
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>> On Sun, 2013-01-06 at 17:00 +0100, Vincenzo Ampolo wrote:
>> > On 01/05/2013 11:15 PM, Richard S. Crawford wrote:
>> > > I haven't bought a new laptop in years and now I'm considering one.
>> > > Does anyone have a preferred vendor, hopefully one where I can buy a
>> > > laptop that doesn't have a certain OS pre-installed?
>> > Some dells come with ubuntu ;)
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