[lug] Fedora on a slab

[Davide Del Vento]

Have you asked if they would sell it to you without memory or with the
lowest option available for you to upgrade it on your own?

On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 11:28 AM David L. Willson <dlwillson at thegeek.nu>
wrote:

> I have verified with Lenovo twice in chat. They do not have an option that
> satisfies both requirements.
>
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> *From: *"Davide Del Vento" <davide.del.vento at gmail.com>
> *To: *"BLUG" <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, February 24, 2021 10:37:21 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [lug] Fedora on a slab
>
> Do they make the hw you need just without Fedora on it or not? If so,
> contacting them might get you what you want.
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 10:24 AM David L. Willson <dlwillson at thegeek.nu>
> wrote:
>
>> I want your machine seller recommendations. I'm looking for a Fedora
>> laptop with 32GiB RAM.
>>
>> I got all excited when I heard that Lenovo would be making laptops with
>> Fedora, and even more excited when I saw that they *are* making laptops
>> with Fedora. But then, I went to buy one and found that the max memory is
>> 16 GiB. I can't work with that, anymore. My old System76 Oryx Pro 2 has
>> 32GiB, and I can't think of a good reason to buy a new laptop that is less
>> beefy than my old laptop, at least while my old laptop still works at all.
>>
>> So, my idea of perfect is exactly one click up from my current laptop. If
>> System76 shipped with Fedora or even a Fedora-based Pop, this would be
>> easy, but they don't, so it's not.
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