[vox] Desktop Recommendations

[Will Marshall]

I’ll stick with the desktop for my primary machine (iMac, in this case).  A laptop is only tolerable when I need something that I can easily carry about.  Once a pair of 22”+ displays, a proper mouse and keyboard, as well as hubs for external drives and such, why plug a laptop into all of that, when better hardware is available for less in a desktop machine?

> On 26Jan, 2022, at 19:59, Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
>
> Feels a bit quaint to think about buying a vendor desktop these days. Generally laptops have proliferated (I use an Asus Chromebook), and cloud computing carries the generic heavy computing load. I would only think about a desktop if I was specifically looking for certain hardware, and vendor lock-in would defeat the purpose. My adult kids both built their own (one, not being a "techie", collaborated with siblings, but participated in the build).
>
> Sorry, I suppose that wasn't especially helpful. Best of luck!
>
> On January 26, 2022 7:30:46 PM PST, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Cathy is active on facebook reporting on her
>> life, kids, home....
>> I believe earl is in Thailand.
>> Kids are doing their things, sometimes with
>> mom.
>> I think the separation doomed Zareason, as
>> Earl was the one who chose the manufacturers
>> and specific configurations of the machines
>> that Zareason rebranded. Not sure, of course.
>>
>> I'm looking for a laptop before my current
>> Zareason laptop dies.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/26/22 1:56 PM, Bill Kendrick wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 01:02:57PM -0800, Bob Scofield wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> My wife needs a new computer. We are both Linux Mint users, though
>>>> my wife is open to either Windows, Mac, or Linux.
>>>>
>>>> Sadly, Zareason has gone out of business. So I'm looking for a
>>>> company that sells Linux desktops. Among others I see System 76,
>>>> Lenovo, Think Penguin, and Puget Systems. Does anyone have any
>>>> recommendations for a seller of Linux desktops?
>>> Aww, that's sad to hear. :( These days I'm on a Lenovo Thinkpad, but I
>>> very much appreciated by ZaReason laptop when I had it.  Everything
>>> basically worked out-of-the-box.  (I'm on a pair of T480s-es, which
>>> seem plenty suitable for my work and home needs.)
>>>
>>> I hope the ZaR crew are doing well out there!  (I see no new posts
>>> to either the official twitter, or that of Cathy, their CEO, since
>>> October 2020.  I wonder if the pandemic hit them... supply chain
>>> issues, or ...?)
>>>
>>
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