[lug] Laptop recommendations for Linux?

[Charles Hutchinson]

System76 is based in Denver.  Call or email them and you should be able to
visit their office and look at any systems they have in at the time.


Charlie




On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Maxwell Spangler <
maxlists at maxwellspangler.com> wrote:

> I was at Best Buy tonight and accidentally found an Asus laptop that has
> an LCD screen on hinges that allows it to fold back flat with the
> keyboard.
>
> This, for me, is a very important feature as I have this homemade stand
> shaped like a triangle that lets me sit a laptop on it, resting on its
> keyboard with the screen perfectly vertical.  This raises the screen
> height and puts it perfectly ergonomically placed in front of me.  I use
> an external keyboard and a trackball for interaction.
>
> In one of those painful curses, laptops that can only fold their screen
> back a certain extent have become the norm, leaving only things like the
> high end Lenovo Thinkpad series that have high quality hinges and "fold
> flat" like this.
>
> If I had time, I'd order a Lenovo T510, load it up and enjoy that, but
> I'd like to find something cheaper with an i3 or i5 processor that I can
> get quickly.
>
> I don't want you to do my shopping for me, but I'd like to crowdsource:
>
> 1) Are there other laptops that you know of that fold flat as described
> above?
>
> 2) Any opinions of Asus, Acer, etc?  I've been avoiding Dell and Gateway
> for historical reasons and despite having a beloved six year old HP, I
> find their current trackpads awful.
>
> 3) Anybody used the eSATA ports on these newer x86 laptops with Linux?
>
> 4) Any sources in Colorado I should be aware of besides Best Buy and
> MicroCenter in Denver?  I'd like to see things in person but my
> opportunities, especially for things beside low quality consumer items
> are lacking.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> --
> Maxwell Spangler
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>        Linux, Unix and Database Administration
>        Currently: Boulder, Colorado
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>
>
> --
> Maxwell Spangler
> ========================================================================
>        Linux, Unix and Database Administration
>        Currently: Boulder, Colorado
>        LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellspangler
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>
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