[vox] Looking for a new laptop

[Jeff Newmiller]

I bought a Dell Inspiron 15 non-touch screen earlier this year for home use, put Ubuntu on it. Seems to be working. When I t home I can look up the exact model.
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Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.

On December 1, 2014 12:14:41 PM PST, "Richard S. Crawford" <richard at underpope.com> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm in the market for a new laptop that will run Linux. System76 sells
>them, but they're on the pricey side (though I imagine I could replace
>Unity on their systems with Kubuntu, which is what I prefer).
>
>I'd also be willing to buy a solid laptop from one of the bigger
>manufacturers, so long as I know that it would be possible to wipe
>Windows
>7 or 8 off the hard drive and install Kubuntu. Anyone have experience
>with
>this?
>
>It doesn't have to be a state-of-the-art machine, since I don't do
>gaming,
>graphics, or anything like that; mostly I do web browsing, word
>processing
>and some web development.
>
>TIA!
>
>Richard